Challenges In The News - 03/22/08

A citizens group is using the proceeds from a chicken and dumplings dinner and bake sale to challenge the Exmore Town Council on a large residential housing project they feel was wrongfully approved.

The number one challenge online sellers face on eBay is fees, according to a survey conducted by AuctionBytes. Seventy-one percent said it was among the three biggest issues they faced as eBay sellers, and 37% of respondents said it was the single biggest challenge they faced.

Darren Fletcher has insisted the battle for places at Manchester United is a challenge to relish. Fletcher has seen a steady stream of big names head out of Old Trafford in recent years, giving up the unequal struggle for a regular first-team spot.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- A joint venture owned by MGIC Investment Corp. and Radian Group Inc. has hired private-equity firm Blackstone Group to help it deal with a "liquidity challenge" after the mortgage investor was hit by margin calls from its lenders.

A county supervisor and city alderman are vying Tuesday for the Democratic nomination to challenge Republican Rep. Jim Beckett in a district that covers parts of Oktibbeha, Clay, Calhoun and Webster counties.

Orlando Hernandez wouldn't call it fun. A challenge? Perhaps. A strong test? Maybe. But fun? No. El Duque turned in another excellent start yesterday at Wrigley Field but had the misfortune of locking horns with Cubs ace Carlos Zambrano.

Fulton attorney Salvatore Lanza could be tossed off the Republican line in the race for Oswego County District Attorney if a challenge to his petitions is upheld by the Oswego County Board of Elections. Lanza contacted The Valley News Wednesday morning to say that he had received a copy of the challenge by registered mail.

A man who suffered the loss of his hands and feet will today take on his greatest challenge yet - a triathlon. Quadruple amputee Jamie Andrew is to put his high-performance prosthetic limbs through their paces in the 24-hour endurance event to raise money for charity.

India and South Africa shared the challenge of a struggle against poverty, President Thabo Mbeki told businessmen in Johannesburg on Friday. Business was vital if this problem was to be effectively addressed, Mbeki told the Seventh India Calling Conference.

New public works director welcomes challenge. Historically, officials would leave Murrieta City Hall for calmer pastures, not be drawn here to address the many challenges. But a new era apparently has arrived in Murrieta. Thomas, who is gregarious and frank, said the challenge of modernizing Murrieta's thoroughfares, sewers and related infrastructure drew him here, after more than a decade in the more developed Escondido. But his biggest challenge may be addressing Murrieta's myriad road issues with a very limited budget. More than $100 million is committed to a handful of bridge and freeway interchange projects.

"IT was a difficult case to deal with, but then, I took it as a challenge and decided to deal with it," smiles Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADJ) R K Sondhi, who pronounced the judgment on the long pending Beant Singh assassination case on Tuesday.