Challenges In The News - 03/14/08

What was expected to be a runaway victory turned into a horse race. What was going to be a snore fest turned into a nail-biter. Tiger Woods' expected romp to a PGA Championship became a challenge with the help of a 14th-hole bogey and late charges from Woody Austin and Ernie Els. Woods' lead was trimmed to a shot before a birdie on 15 and three pars sealed the victory, his 13th major title.

Varni's role is to deliver those new tastes, such as microbrews and energy drinks, while also providing the traditional favorites such as Pabst and Snapple. "New drinks are coming out every day, but we obviously can't carry all of them," he said. "One of the things we do is try and figure out which drinks will be popular and which drinks will fail." That's quite a challenge.

Today, young people are faced with many challenges as they often .live in fragile families and disintegrating neighborhoods. Scoutreach meets the developmental needs of youth in urban settings as diverse as the barrios of South Central Los Angeles and the housing developments of Washington, D.C. The program also focuses on the U.S. rural population, which constitutes approximately 25 percent of the total U.S. population. Some rural communities are stable and growing, but others are characterized by decentralized, low-density populations, poverty, or both.

Astrological Forecast: Libra – Challenge yourself to think bigger. If your plan is too small, it won’t have enough magic to inspire your team. And if you don’t need a team to accomplish your goal, then it’s for sure too small.

A boy sets himself the challenge of scaling the UK's three highest peaks in six days for charity.

Big Brother announces that Liam is the winner of the linguist challenge

Being involved with the upcoming Abbotsford News diversity challenge, we are asking and reminding young writers from the ages of 14 and 24 who live in Abbotsford/Mission to submit their responses of 300 words or less by Tuesday, Sept. 4 by e-mailing me at the address below or dropping off their submissions at the Abbotsford News at 34375 Gladys Ave.

CHENNAI: J. Swarna of SDAT-Chandra Academy overcame a stiff challenge from K.K. Narmadha (IB) before posting a 9-11, 7-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7 win in a women’s quarterfinal match of the J.V.S. Rao memorial 9th State-ranking table ...

NEW DELHI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh appears to have shaken off a challenge from his detractors with the Congress high command giving him not only reprieve but also permission to reshuffle his team.

The deployment of the UN-African Union peacekeeping force to the western Sudanese region of Darfur will be an unprecendented challenge, the UN official in charge of the mission said Friday.

As soon as I saw the "Food Stamp Challenge" headline, I knew we would read the gratuitous comment from hunger relief "advocates" that governors, members of Congress, and most of us didn't know what it was like to be hungry or feed a family on a food stamp budget.