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“It was Christmas eve babe. In the drunk tank….”

From classic topics like Windows tweaking and iPod how-tos to more recent favorites like the iPhone or Wii, our most popular how-to features of 2008 souped up your hardware and squeezed more from your PC.

We enjoy pointing our readers in the direction of cool software, web sites, and other various tips, but what we really love is writing up detailed how-to guides that walk you step-by-step through how to actually do something. Let’s take a closer look at the most popular how-to Lifehacker features of 2008:

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By ANTHONY McCARRON
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

Friday, December 12th 2008, 2:07 AM
There are plenty of Met fans who think their team choked during consecutive NL East flops over the last two seasons. Thursday, Philadelphia ace Cole Hamels made it clear he and the rest of the Phillies agree.

“You know, last year and this year, I think we did believe that,” Hamels said Thursday during an appearance on WFAN to plug the Phillies’ World Series DVD. “Three years ago, we didn’t because they smoked everybody. I really thought they were going to the World Series. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen.

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The Giants suspended superstar Plaxico Burress for the rest of the season yesterday, ending any chance for the troubled wide receiver to help his teammates repeat as Super Bowl champs.

Burress, who shot himself in the leg while drinking in a Manhattan nightclub Saturday morning, is ineligible to play in the team’s remaining four games or the postseason.

“This is an important time for him to take care of his body and heal up, and also deal with the very serious legal consequences and other issues in his life,” Giants President John Mara said.

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As Giants receiver Plaxico Burress was arraigned Monday on two separate counts of a weapons charge, harsh reactions and new questions arose about the events early Saturday morning, when Burress accidentally shot himself in the thigh at a Manhattan nightclub with an illegal handgun.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the Police Department criticized the Giants, who they said neglected to notify the authorities of the shooting, and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where Burress was treated, for failing to call the police about his gun-related injury, as state law requires.

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