Challenges In The News - 03/16/08

The ARC said it was surprised by J&J's legal action since it has been "selling first aid kits commercially in the United States since 1903," the profits of which are "reinvested in its humanitarian programs "Until now, J&J has never challenged this activity," said ARC, adding that last year it received "only two million dollars in revenue from the sale of its products," while J&J "received 52.3 billion in annual revenue."

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration has opened registration for its Lunar Plant Growth Chamber engineering challenge.

If you love barbecue, join the challenge Aug. 11 at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. It's the sixth annual Barbecue Challenge.

A CASTLE DOUGLAS woman is making final preparations before the toughest challenge of her life. Shirley Prahms will climb the mighty Ben Nevis with son Alan this Saturday.

A RACE to climb Britain's three highest mountains in 24 hours is the challenge for a Dursley aid worker. Pete Mills, 27, from Woodmancote, is taking part in the three peak challenge to raise money for Merlin, a charity which provides medical aid to people caught up in conflicts or natural disasters.

The finding of two Kenyan fossils appears to challenge the prevailing human evolution theory that two species Homo habilis and Homo erectus developed one after the other. Instead the finding of a jawbone thought to belong to the former and a skull thought to belong to the latter suggests that the two species might have co-habited some 2 million years ago.

A Manx library encourages children to find out more about environmental issues through a new reading challenge.

A national Latino coalition is threatening to challenge Oklahoma's sweeping immigration law before the measure goes into effect on Nov. 1.

Two fossils discovered in northern Kenya directly challenge the established view that there was a linear progression from apes to humans. Surprising research based on two African fossils suggests our family tree is more like a wayward bush with stubby branches, challenging what had been common thinking on how early humans evolved.

Andrew Hall - at just 29 years of age - is the youngest-ever president of the Parkes P A and H (Show) Society in its long and proud history of 127 years - and he's on the eve of possibly his greatest challenge.

The team, all clad in a white shirted uniform bearing the logos of the Organisation's sponsors, were greeted by the Hon. Minister of Health, Louis Deguara and members of the HSBC Life Management team, newly-acquired title sponsors for this year's challenge who joined close relatives, families and friends in bidding farewell and fuelling last words of encouragement prior to this year's feat.

The contestant who died in a Nigerian reality TV programme drowned taking part in one of its challenges, police say.