Challenges in the news - 02/27/2008

CHARLESTON -- Gambling foes were still considering announcing today whether they plan to challenge the declared results from Kanawha County's special election, which approved casino table games for Tri-State Racetrack & Gaming Center in Nitro.

There's a hearing today in yet another court challenge to the state's new abusive driver fees. A Henrico County judge ruled last week that the fees are allowable under the Constitution, but there are more cases challenging the fees in other jurisdictions.

AMELIA MUDDIMAN loves to get her nose into a good book - and she's already finished six in the first half of the summer holidays. That meant the bookworm from Coventry could claim her certificate and medal for completing our summer reading challenge.

BUSINESSMAN Nigel Howells has set himself a unique challenge. He wants to climb Britain's highest mountain...while carrying a hod of bricks on his back.

THE proposed construction of a new airport in Durban, which has been on and off for the past 36 years, is likely to be further delayed following a decision by the Grinaker-LTA-led consortium, the Indiza Group, to challenge the awarding of the R5,8bn contract to a consortium led by its competitor, Group Five.

Australian soccer boss Ben Buckley has issued a challenge to everyone in the A-League to surpass the success of the competition's first two years this season.

The iPhone has presented a challenge to the hacker community, set on unlocking the handset and installing third-party applications on the device, and the hackers appear to be winning.

The fear of the unknown aside, most Tippecanoe County high school female cross country runners are eager to embrace a greater challenge this fall. That's because in January, the Indiana High School Athletic Association's executive committee voted to increase the girls' cross country distance from 4,000 meters to 5,000, which has been the boys race length since 1980.

A Guernsey accountancy firm is looking for a charity or community challenge for its staff to take on.

Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has admitted the challenge Zambia faces in choosing between the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) , according Sunday Mail.

Singapore - Managing higher information technology budgets has become the top challenge for Asia's chief information officers, a research house study said on Monday.