What happened on August 24, 2008

NEWS

• Marriage licenses for July 2008 

• National jobless rate rises in July to 5.7%, highest rate since By ARNOLD S. PLATOU

• We need solutions, not patches 

• Republican kickoff event serves second purpose as send-off By CHRIS CARTER

• High cost of insurance prompts turnover of Berkeley deputies By MATTHEW UMSTEAD

• Bands battle to benefit fire chiefs association By CHRIS CARTER

• Keep an eye on the 'corporatocracy' By ALLAN POWELL

• Restaurant offers 'healthy food' 

• Four generations 

• Allstate donates to CASA 

• Police briefs 

• Celebrating hometown pride By MARIE GILBERT

• U.S. women's basketball wins fourth straight gold 

• Five generations 

• Final Olympic medals table 

• STANDOFF ENDS By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Ruth Wood Pflager tuned in to youth By MARLO BARNHART

• What Do You Think? 

• Rouzerville man receives one of Scouting's biggest awards 

• Student news 

• Roasted Robertson By MARIE GILBERT

• Being schooled 

• Tranquility in downtown 

• Preps Area Roundup 

• In the cities 

• Tri-State business calendar 

• Damage is standoff's aftermath at motel By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• The Federal mandate By DAN KAUFFMAN

• Grier makes cut at Gettysburg 

• Fifth time's the charm for Locks of Love donor from Smithsburg 

• 'Redeem Team's victory caps successful Olympics for U.S. 

• Beijing passes the torch to London as games come to spectacular close 

• Football fever will move to the front page By JOEL HUFFER

• Business briefs 

• A 2-million-mile hero 

• Tragedy to triumph: U.S. men win gold in volleyball 

• It's a magical world for Hagerstown man By CRYSTAL SCHELLE

• Relax, it was just an opening ceremony, not a political statement 

• Sometimes governing least isn't governing best By ROBERT GARY

• Maryland DNR releases proposed dates for late waterfowl seasons By BILL ANDERSON

• Maryland Park Service Lifeguard Competition results 

• Vinegar, spuds and love make salad special By TIFFANY ARNOLD

• Weddings 

• Divorces for July 2008 

• Old refrigerator turned into new art 

• Hagerstown ballet, dance troupe members take part in special events 

• Engagements 

• Hawkins puts past behind with Brown win By ANDREW MASON

• Judge Walker plans to retire next January By DON AINES

• Taste of Bavaria comes to Hagerstown By ALICIA NOTARIANNI

• Federal declarations By DAN KAUFFMAN

• Business people 

• Obituaries 

• Making a living in art By TIFFANY ARNOLD

• Lexie donates hair in memory of three relatives 

• High-voltage power lines' proposed PATHs worry some By JOSHUA BOWMAN

• Ho restarts career at Charles Town By LARRY YANOS

• Washington High School comes to Jefferson County By DAVE McMILLION

• Leitersburg Boy Scout Troop 108 holds Court of Honor 

• Tri-State area residents named to Frostburg State dean's list 

• South Hagerstown class of '61 holds get-together 

• Tri-State students graduated from Frostburg State 

• Hagerstown woman named president of FOE State Auxiliary 

• Earning relief, paying pain By ARNOLD S. PLATOU

• Television news equipment was used in attempt to end standoff By ANDREW SCHOTZ

• Restaurant inspections for July 2008