Challenges in the news - 01/18/2008

Trying to figure out how to get the kids out of your hair this Martin Luther King Jr. Day? Look no further than the Palm Desert YMCA, which is offering a "sports challenge" Monday.

The Department of Homeland Security has no shortage of critics, who challenge everything from its size and scope to its emphasis on border security rules. One expert says DHS should shift from "guns, guards and gates" to intelligence and nuclear nonproliferation. January 16, 2008 · Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is getting tired of everyone beating up on his agency. If critics don't like what the department is doing, Chertoff offers a challenge: Come up with a better idea.

Five of Citigroup's non-executive directors are facing a re-election challenge over their part in the bank's $28.1bn (£14.3bn) sub-prime headache.

“I got a challenge and I challenged myself.” – Maria Sharapova. “Anyone can challenge me.”

No need, though, with referee Gerry Austin ruling in the Colt’s favor on all four red-flag challenges during the course of the game.

So it was easy to overlook how Sunday’s mid-January riot of sunshine was such a marvel to folks from more challenging climates.

After-Marty party rolls on for Chargers. The Chargers just ruined a great game. What a bunch of Goofs. Everyone with any kind of interest in football has been waiting all season for the defending Super Bowl champions to challenge perfection, and the Chargers go and goof things up. This NFL season is all about New England and its guest to become the best team the NFL has ever produced. And to make history, it’d be nice if the Patriots had a challenge.

The 2008 Color of Money Challenge is looking for military personnel who are struggling with their finances. Over the next year, columnist Michelle Singletary will help the selected military families or individuals get financially fit.

WAVERLY - Six teams did intellectual battle in the auditorium of Waverly High School Saturday for the first round of the 28th Annual Scholarship Challenge competition.

The registration deadline for the 2008 Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) Design Challenge Americas is January 31, 2008. This challenge encourages innovation in environmental design and offers compelling incentives to encourage designers to "go green."

K.J. Choi fought off the wind and a final-round challenge to win the Sony Open, leading from start to finish for win No. 7.