Challenges In The News 04/30/08

In a separate lawsuit filing, many of the same groups renewed their challenge to the US Forest Service's permit for the mine.

Today also marks the day Hallmark extends the challenge to America to bring on the funny with the launch of the next competition in the series: ...

Julie sees ECHO as another important link in solving the challenge of world hunger.

... Messi or Eto'o that you learn exactly how good they are. This is the most talented squad in world football, but we really relish the challenge."

Double check and reconfirm every detail. Typed or written errors are easily overlooked, paperwork mislaid, appointments forgotten. Let your sense of humor overcome the challenge of unexpected adjustments.

Many on verge of foreclosure don’t get help. Servicers cannot do a modification without the contact, and that is obviously a huge challenge.

Negotiations are challenging because there are more than 20 lenders who hold the subordinate debt on four of the seven Equity Office properties and they must all sign off on the agreement that Deutsche Bank worked out with Mr. Macklowe. So far, that hasn’t happened, with GE being particularly reluctant to sign off.

Mr. Medvedev, who has worked for Mr. Putin on and off for the past 17 years, is all but unchallenged in the polls. He has refused to enter a single public debate with any of his three enfeebled opponents.

McCain told USA TODAY on Wednesday that re-energizing his party’s base may be his biggest challenge.

Hamm on top at Winter Cup Challenge

The Air Force’s top officer on Thursday presented a new strategic plan for the service that warns the U.S. cannot ignore “ascendant powers” seeking to challenge American military superiority as it fights low-intensity wars elsewhere. He said the plan also cites a wide range of unconventional threats facing the U.S. in the future, pointing to a list that highlights both violent extremism and the rise of terrorist and criminal organizations as key challenges.

Challenges In The News 04/29/08

NEWPORT face another stern challenge at home to Neath on Wednesday night, particularly in the light of the hammering Llandovery suffered. ...

“This presents a challenge to ensure funding is available to meet the likely rise in demand for treatment in the future.” The NHS is already struggling to ...

O’Connell maintained they are peaking at the right time and are ready to challenge for this year’s championship – and a third Triple Crown in four years. ...

"I know where I would rather be but this is the challenge I took" he said. "This is the best learning experience you can get – you can't buy this on courses ...

And with its articulation of Pashtun nationalism and the need for strong regional autonomy within the federation, it has always been a viable challenge to the ...

"We've done nothing with the intensity," he said, adding "It's the rapid changes that are the big challenge." Read, named permanent director last month of ...

High-Performance Computing (HPC): a major challenge for society... HPC has become absolutely essential in industry and in university research activities. ...

The new head of the National Hurricane Center says the big challenge for forecasters is predicting the intensity of hurricanes. ...

The challenge with design is complex. You have to weigh in many different factors and intangibles that may not even have anything directly to do with your ...

New Delhi, March 2 : The Central government is set to formally challenge in court Uttar Pradesh chief minister Miss Mayawati's May 2007 decision to appoint ...

The greatest challenge to Nigeria and her economy is the perennial low per capita income, a global credit rating agency, Standard and Poor (S&P) has said. ...

Challenges In The News 04/28/08

Four Democrats are vying for a chance to challenge incumbent Texas U.S. Senator John Cornyn this fall.

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a naval college on Tuesday, killing four people and underlining the security challenge facing the winners of Pakistan's landmark elections.

If you are 7 to 14 years old and love to cook, Giant Food Stores and Martin's Food Markets have a challenge for you.

Analysis: McCain accepts fall challenges. "I do not underestimate the significance nor the size of the challenge," the Republican nominee-in-waiting told the Associated Press on Tuesday, looking to the next chapter of his presidential quest.

A significant challenge is right.

"I, frankly, like where I am," he said. "I do not try to understate in any way the magnitude of the challenge we face. But I'm confident that we can present the choices in such a way that we can win."

In its annual shareholder filing, the auction site admits it faces plenty of customer challengers.

"That's the challenge of elite sport, as we're not always going to get the results we want playing against very good opposition and playing against a ...

... a letter from the state Democrats’ lawyer to the Clinton and Obama camps warning them about damage to the party if either should challenge the result. ...

... authorities in England, about 100000 families could be preparing to challenge the places allotted to their children, nearly double the number in 2005. ...

Her coach is Tatiana Pozdniakova, a previous winner of the challenge in LA Moiben and Christopher Kiprotich of Kenya overtook early leader Dmitriy Safronov ...

Challenges In The News 04/27/08

Twentieth Century Fox and "Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who!" issued a challenge to communities across the U.S. called the Horton Hears You Hometown Challenge.

National Park Medical Center employees are getting fit and having fun through an eight-week Fitness Challenge Program. The program, which began on Feb. 1, is designed to offer guidance and motivation and encourage employees to live a healthier lifestyle.

(Jefferson City) -- Pro-choice advocates are challenging a petition submitted for the Missouri ballot. Planned Parenthood and the Missouri Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice are backing the legal challenge filed by Mary Hickey of St. Louis.

Mix together three great horsemen, three unbroken horses, and two hours in a round pen and you've got yourself a true “Trainer's Challenge”.

Couples from Los Angeles today will challenge a state law that bans same-sex marriage. Their attorneys will argue their case before the California Supreme Court.

Firefighters in Merseyside are preparing an electoral challenge to New Labour councillors who back cuts in public services, say officials in the Fire Brigades Union (FBU).

Ozarks Food Harvest is taking part in a nationwide challenge. The 11th annual Feinstein Challege runs now through April 30 and splits $1-million among food pantries around the country.

Two failed White House campaigns have left Dennis Kucinich fighting for his political life against the toughest, best-financed challenge in his 12-year congressional career.

So, we know virtualizing the IT system will save a lot of time, money and effort, and we know there are lots of tools out there we can get from different vendors. Yet, as any savvy IT professional will tell you, introducing any new technology will bring about a host of new challenges.

A sizeable challenge in Warren Central (Ind.) awaits Wayne in this fall's fourth Kirk Herbstreit Ohio vs. USA Football Challenge.

Another game, another stiff challenge for the General McLane boys basketball team as they attempt to repeat as Class AAA state champions.

Challenges In The News 04/26/08

A court challenge to the nominating petition of Jason Petrella, a Democratic primary candidate for the state’s 47th Senatorial District seat, will reportedly be withdrawn.

State Rep. Rick Noriega took the lead Tuesday in a four-way Democratic race to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, but it was too early to tell if the veteran of the war in Afghanistan would be able to avoid a runoff election.

Incumbent State Rep. Charles “Doc” Anderson easily survived a GOP primary challenge Tuesday from the son of a former Central Texas state senator, but an incumbent McLennan County Commissioner lost in the Republican primary.

Associated Press - March 5, 2008 12:13 AM ET DALLAS (AP) - The Hillary Clinton campaign in Texas says it may mount a legal challenge to the state's caucus results.

Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. said the US District Court for the District of New Jersey has ruled in favour of its subsidiary, Barr Laboratories, Inc., in the challenge of the patent listed by Bayer Schering Pharma, AG in connection with Bayer Schering's Yasmin (drospirenone and ethinyl estradiol) oral contraceptive.

Last year, the Swashbucklers brought the hardware to Lake Charles for the first time in team history as they won the 2007 IFL championship. Entering the 2008 season, Head Coach Darnell Lee and his players expect defending their title will be a challenge but their expectations are high.

To challenge the mainstream status of the 19-inch widescreen segment in the LCD monitor market, AU Optronics, Chunghwa Picture Tubes (CPT) and LG Display (LGD) will start volume production of 18.5-inch widescreen panels in the third quarter, according to industry sources

WASHINGTON -- A major challenge for the next federal coordinator of Gulf Coast rebuilding will be providing a transition plan for the new administration that takes over Jan. 20, 2009.

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick faces a possible challenge from a former state legislator who says the Detroit Democrat's failure to support presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama proves she's "out of touch" with her district.

ST. PAUL - Former Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer said she's going to challenge Rep. Mark Olson, R-Big Lake, for the Republican endorsement for his seat in the state House of Representatives.

If someone pays you a good deed, don’t pay it back — pay it forward. That’s the idea behind the Williamsport Sun-Gazette’s “Pay It Forward” challenge, which is just days from being launched.

Challenges In The News 04/25/08

Local students compete in a big business challenge, but they're not after profits. They're after scholarship money.

eBay ponders challenges. In its annual shareholder filing, the auction site admits it faces plenty of customer challengers. We face challenges in the US, UK and Germany, which are our three largest markets, as growth of listings, active users and GMV on the eBay.com platform in those countries has slowed.

The BOA would "vigorously defend" Dwain Chambers' challenge to compete at an Olympics.

CLARINGTON -- Whitby is so far ahead of Clarington in terms of waste diversion that accepting a challenge from the Town would be like "the Toronto Maple Leafs challenging one of our peewee teams...

One reason has to do with public taste. In the United States and, increasingly, in parts of Western Europe, the only unchallenged moral authority has become that of victims.

Another investor concern: Google faces the prospect of a more formidable challenger for Web-ad dollars if Microsoft Corp. consummates its unsolicited takeover bid for Yahoo.

Pisces (Feb. 19 – March 20) - 030407 – You might discover just how passionately you feel about an issue. Think in terms of gaining deeper knowledge and understanding. A child could become challenging, while your love life takes on a new tone.

He hopes the economy and banking system will navigate through these challenges, but he and other analysts see the possibility of darker outcomes as well.

Afghanistan: Maternal health biggest challenge facing women, says UN agency (AKI) . Some 24,000 Afghan women die every year while giving birth, according to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), which is working with the Afghan government and other partners to reduce maternal mortality and improve the overall health of women and girls in the war-torn nation.“

Galway International Rally to host first ever Challenge event outside of UK.

A challenge to changes made to Britain's visa rules, mounted by 49,000 mostly Indian migrants, reached the British courts on Wednesday with the government accused of breaching race relations and human rights acts.

Challenges In The News 04/24/08

“I’m not telling you it’s not a challenge,” Mr. LaNeve said, refering to finding the right balance in the brand portfolio. “I’m telling you we can manage it.”

But New Hampshire uses lethal injections, which would render Bourne’s heart useless for transplant. It’s up to the ACLU lawyer Maggie Bloom, working with the young priest who is Bourne’s spiritual adviser, to find a way to let Bourne save the girl – despite her objections – and challenge capital punishment.

As a search for candidates begins, hard times and a raft of challenges complicate the selection process. But UC officials and higher education experts say the position’s challenges are known around the nation and could make it tougher than in the past to find a willing person with the right scholarly, managerial and political talents.

After hearing Malcolm X, the Muslim minister, skewer Baptist preachers as little more than high-living pimps for a Europeanized Christianity, I found it difficult to sit through a Holy Roller sermon without chuckling. Here were men in robes, I thought, routinely mounting the pulpit with rote Scriptures, scant preparations, and no answers for the cerebral challenges of the agnostics – all in service of a supposedly blond-haired, blue-eyed Jesus, who, after being born in the sun-baked, Middle Eastern town of Bethlehem, was hidden among the people of Egypt in North Africa.

Killings, many of them random and unrelated, are up sharply in the city. 'One death is one too many, but we think it's a bit of an anomaly,' a police official says. Homicides in Los Angeles have sharply increased in the first two months of this year, reversing nearly five years of decline and posing a puzzling challenge for Police Chief William J. Bratton.

LAWYERS for the condemned Bali heroin courier Scott Rush plan to lodge a fresh challenge against all executions in Indonesia, despite the overturning of three fellow couriers' death penalties offering hope for a final appeal.

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio), a two-time presidential candidate, survived a challenge from several Democrats on Tuesday in his Cleveland-based district, becoming one of several incumbents to defeat primary challengers in Ohio and Texas.

AMBITIOUS frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull is not ruling out a challenge to Brendan Nelson after a horror week for the federal opposition leader.

Galway International Rally to host first ever Challenge event outside of UK.

NICK DOUGHERTY reckons this week's Malaysian Open is a huge mental as well as physical challenge.

Telstra's attempts to challenge the regulatory regime, which allows its rivals to access its network, were dealt a blow today, after the High Court dismissed a case brought by the telco -- but questions remain over whether the ruling will apply to any future fibre-to-the-node network.

Challenges In The News 04/23/08

As the world’s population and its needs continue to rise, we too must rise to the challenge they present.

You speak in your story about “the challenges of diversity.” A portion of the area’s diversity was certainly conspicuous by its absence.

When disaster hit other areas of our Rotarian world in the past several years, we contributed in the relief efforts; when disaster hit in our own back yard, our members stepped up to the challenge.

The smell, the sounds, the sights, the slowness of it, was extremely challenging for that team.

The challenge Scott is referring to is a US$100 million challenge grant for polio eradication from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which Rotary will match dollar-for-dollar over three years.

Nike wouldn’t disclose the number of members to its Nike+ Web site but has said previously that roughly 1,000 runners sign up daily. In addition to tracking their progress on the site, users can join social-network components where they can, for instance, share workout goals and participate in workout challenges.

He was scheduled to visit the White House today for a Rose Garden endorsement by President Bush. Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, calling his GOP campaign “the journey of a lifetime,” dropped his challenge late Tuesday and pledged to work for McCain’s election in the fall.

Republicans are criticizing Democrats for failing to address the long-term fiscal challenges posed by entitlement programs and for assuming expiration of many of the tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003. And, though Republicans generally oppose the so-called paygo rule, they criticized for “gaming” it.

For Howard, the rewards and challenges of performing in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof have provided contrasts to his work on screen. “In film, you don’t get time to rehearse. You’ll have 10 minutes to block something, and you always walk away saying, ‘Damn, I should have tried that.’

Arizona Sen. John McCain claimed the Republican Party’s nomination for president last night (March 5, 2008), vowing to run a respectful campaign based on principles, but now faces a daunting challenge: how to transform his tight-knit, shoestring primary into a machine able to win the presidency. One of the immediate challenges for Sen. McCain will be to figure out how to grow the operation. His campaign is powered by a central brain trust of five close advisers, none of whom is being paid. The campaign is beginning to strategize in which states it will mount challenges, looking to compete in reliably Democratic states including New Jersey, Conneticut and the biggest prize, California.

The Arizona senator ticked off a list of ongoing foreign challenges, including a rollback of democracy in Russia, increasing violence in the Middle East and Venezuela’s threat of war toward Columbia.

Challenges In The News 04/22/08

'Road rage' killer Kenneth Noye has won permission to challenge a refusal to refer his murder conviction back to the Court of Appeal.

A judge has dismissed a challenge to a ban on Internet gambling brought by an online gambling association, but gave the group standing to challenge the law in appeals court.

Nonprofit organizations face an unprecedented challenge in recruiting and retaining the next generation of leaders, according to a sobering report released this week by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services in San Francisco. Nonprofit organizations face an unprecedented challenge in recruiting and retaining the next generation of leaders, according to a sobering report released this week by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services in San Francisco. And unless it meets the challenge, virtually every sector of society will feel the effects, noted Linda Wood, senior program officer with the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund, a San Francisco organization that three years ago began offering leadership development grants for nonprofits.

Dassault Systemes (DS) (Paris:DSY) (NASDAQ:DASTY), the leading provider of software solutions allowing users to create, share and experience in 3D, affirms its commitment to the athletic arena with its "Virtual Plus Reality Challenge", a new technological experience:

Pope Benedict XVI will use his trip to America next month to present Catholic educators with a powerful challenge, one whose effects could ripple from Notre Dame, Ind., to Tarrytown, N.Y., prominent Vatican watchers are predicting.

Whether or not it was a wise move, Hill-Murray goalie Joe Phillippi offered somewhat of a challenge to Roseau.

ANC president Jacob Zuma will find out on Friday whether he can challenge the NPA's application, in Mauritius, to access documents needed for their case against him.

TORONTO - Ontario is shortchanging female workers to the tune of $78 million, leaving the province open to another charter challenge on pay equity, a study being released Friday suggests.

Steel Trapp, the teen with McGyver survival skills and a photographic memory, is on the run with killers at his heels. Steel Trapp: The Challenge appears to be the first book in a brand-new young readers series by bestselling author Ridley Pearson.

Every new challenge has the power to divide – and the power to unite.

Challenges In The News 04/21/08

Li Chengyu remembers clearly his biggest challenge when he took over the post of vice-governor of Henan province in 1992.

David Beckham shrugged off fresh injury fears on Sunday after a clumsy challenge which looked to have dented his England recall bid.

MOBILE -- Alabama officials celebrated Friday with Northrop Grumman Corp. over its plans to build an aircraft assembly plant in the port city, downplaying any potential challenge by Boeing Co. and discouraging talk of congressional intervention.

The TIMES NEWS launches 'Pay It Forward Challenge'

Unexpectedly strong gains in elections by opposition parties, which quadrupled their seats in Parliament, are likely to challenge the longstanding paternalistic practices of the government.

Southwest Airlines Co. said it would challenge a $10.2 million fine levied for flying aircraft that had not been inspected for structural problems.

POINT PLEASANT - Children are a vital asset to the community because they are the future. And the Mason County Community Foundation recognizes this, which is why that organization has established the Community Challenge program.

The challenge of the toy business is that you have huge players like Wal-Mart and Toys “R” Us. F.A.O. Schwarz focuses on higher-end, higher-quality toys.

Bayonne High School is among a growing number of schools across the region, including schools in less affluent communities, that have been putting extra resources into developing research programs that challenge their academic stars and, in some cases, lead to science prizes for students and school districts.

Community challenge extended to benefit youth - Children are a vital asset to the community because they are the future. And the Mason County Community Foundation recognizes this, which is why that organization has established the Community Challenge program. “(The Community Challenge) will benefit our kids because all of the money is staying in the community,” she said. In addition, the MCCF received a challenge grant from the West Virginia Grantmakers to enhance the challenge program. Businesses will become sponsors by making a challenge donation. From there they will select one or more community non-profit organizations to act as a community partner. The non-profit group then will raise the same amount of money given in the challenge donation by Sept. 1. “(The Community Challenge) focuses on all youth in Mason County. It is going to be building relationships. The people need and want to be invested in this fun because it will improve their children, grandchildren and so on,” Leach said. “We are really excited about (the program) and we hope others will get excited about it as well.”

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Challenges In The News 04/20/08

THE NEW Patriotic Party Member of Parliament for Weija Constituency in the Greater Accra Region and Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Private Sector Development, Ms. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, has thrown a challenge to party members to pick up nomination forms to contest her in the upcoming primaries.

Jordanians believe steadily rising prices represent the biggest domestic challenge facing the cash-strapped desert kingdom, a poll showed on Monday.

BMW Oracle have taken on several crew members from rival America's Cup teams, including Luna Rossa's widely-acclaimed helmsman James Spithill, for their head-to-head challenge against Swiss defenders Alinghi.

BEIJING (AP) -- China called the Dalai Lama a "wolf in monk's robes" Wednesday and said it was locked in a "life-and-death battle" with his supporters after protests marking the biggest challenge to Chinese rule in Tibet in almost two decades.

Since Jeremy went blind, he has continued to go horseback riding, skiing and rock climbing. "I didn't think my whole life was over," Jeremy said. "Not by far. It just meant it was going to be one heck of a challenge."

The miracle of childbirth and the great trepidation that accompanies parenthood will not be diminished by this program. However, in a world in which we license practitioners of law, medicine, and education, and require dozens of hours of training for young people to drive automobiles, it seems proper to expect that parenting, one of the most mysterious and challenging endeavors in life, requires training of its own. In this way, the State can fulfill the noble mission of its Parens Patriae power without fear that in so acting, it will be enforcing the orthodoxy of the majority in a task that is central to the individual fulfillment of citizens.

When I attended a rally in San Francisco recently, one of those people, a reporter for a local news-radio station, stuck a microphone into my face and challenged me to defend my choice.

BEIJING — Keeping unemployment low continues to be a challenge for China as the number of laborers it produces is far larger than that of jobs it creates, Labor and Social Security Minister Tian Chengping said Sunday.

Meridian Construction and Development is a company that likes a challenge.

Milly Rash added a personal challenge to Miranda Chapin's defensive assignment Saturday afternoon.

Chennai: The inaugural Rotary Club of Madras-Alchemy corporate golf challenge will take place on March 15, at the Gymkhana Club Golf Course, Guindy.

Challenges In The News 04/19/08

Unlocking the intellectual capital trapped inside organizations that deal with enormous amounts of text is a major challenge. To accelerate the development of new semantic business applications tackling this problem, TextWise LLC, a pioneer in semantic application development, today announced the SemanticHacker Innovators' Challenge .

The first ever ScotPLOD will challenge you and your team, on this spectacular endurance walk, to negotiate the 50km route. We have designed a spectacular Tweed Valley route, which will take you through some of the best country the Scottish Border Region has to offer.

The town's next beach-widening effort is on indefinite hold because of a legal challenge environmentalists filed last week, the town announced today.

Food Stamp challengee Cris Neeld got the jump on her challenge week on Sunday. Cris, myself and three other locals — Fran Daniel, Robert Haberle and Dale Jamerson — are eating like we’re on food stamps this week.

Mourne Rambler was produced with a well-executed challenge to get the better of Wheels Up in a duel between the joint-favourites for the two-mile Panoramic Restaurant Novice Hurdle at Naas.

March 18 (Bloomberg) -- Terra Firma Capital Partners Ltd., the private equity group led by British financier Guy Hands , may challenge 3i Group Plc 's 112 million-pound ($223.6 million) bid for Novera Energy Plc , the London-based Times reported.

Players at this year's US Open will have an extra chance to challenge a call during each set of the season's final Grand Slam tournament, the US Tennis Association announced Wednesday.

Republican Sean Parnell, an attorney elected as Alaska's lieutenant governor in 2006, has stunned the state's political establishment by launching a primary challenge to veteran GOP Rep. Don Young.

Time will tell whether voters accept Obama's challenge or whether we remember the speech as a great moment that gave his rivals the means of his political downfall.

The Botanical Society of South Bend has met its $18,000 challenge grant.

After spending $236 million to acquire struggling investment giant Bear Stearns this week, JP Morgan Chase now faces a major technology challenge -- combining the two firms' sprawling storage and server infrastructures.

Challenges In The News 04/18/08

The Celtics ended the Rockets' 22-game win streak because they didn't back down from a challenge, Charley Rosen says.

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich (D-Ohio), a two-time presidential candidate, survived a challenge from several Democrats on Tuesday in his Cleveland-based district, becoming one of several incumbents to defeat primary challengers in Ohio and Texas.

MP for Gua Musang Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah has made public his intent to challenge Umno president Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for the presidency. He has offered himself to lead Umno to “heal the party”, which he described to be "in a bad way.”

Construction and real estate executives were told today the American financial system faces its biggest challenge since the wave of bank failures in 1930.

Galway International Rally to host first ever Challenge event outside of UK.

Challenge hires Chris Tarrant to front new gameshow series It’s Not What You Know.

Before Rachel Scott died on April 20, 1999, in the Columbine massacre, she wrote that she would someday touch the hearts of millions. On Monday, her message of kindness and compassion was shared with Mountain Home Junior High and high school students as the schools took part in Rachel's Challenge.

The University of Calgary is looking forward to another year of the solar car challenge.

Greentube is continuing to strengthen its leading international position in the field of virtual sport events financed by in-game advertising. At the beginning of December, the fourth season of the internationally successful "Ski Challenge" began with a number of new licence partners.

THE Federal Government could face a fresh constitutional challenge from the telco sector after introducing new legislation today.

A special walk will kick off a physical fitness challenge Thursday nighton the walking trail at Clinton Lake softball complex.

Challenges In The News 04/17/08

SANTA FE (AP) - The state Supreme Court has thrown out a challenge by a 3rd District congressional candidate to nominating petitions submitted by one of his opponents.

Cliftonville's Carnegie Premier League title challenge looks to have imploded after they crash to a 1-0 defeat at Newry.

Russian president-elect Dmitry Medvedev has predicted some people might try to challenge his presidency, the first acknowledgement of what could be a simmering turf war among Kremlin clans.

The Haverhill Lions Club will host its second annual trivia challenge Friday at 7 p.m. at Maria's Restaurant in Haverhill. The first prize is $200; second is $100; and third is $50. Teams of one to eight players may compete for the prizes and the title of Haverhill's smartest trivia team.

Reporters who can spot and challenge an invalid postponement order under Section 4(2) of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 help the media to confront one of the most wide-ranging reporting restrictions on the statute book. Such orders sometimes ban reporting of an entire criminal trial for months.

A challenge to a ruling that puts Britney Spears' father in control of her assets is dismissed by a US court.

Obama releases tax returns, challenges Clinton to follow suit

SEVERAL YEARS AGO, when 50 of the nation's best Scoutmasters gathered at Philmont Scout Ranch, they were asked: "What is your greatest challenge?" Their answer wasn't a lack of parent support or inadequate finances or competition from organized sports. It was simply: "How can we teach boys the values of good character?"

While the concept of excellence sounds tired – doesn’t everyone want to be known for excellence in service? – the execution of excellence is the challenge for most brokers. Due to the independent nature the industry and its emphasis on hiring independent contractors, excellence boils down to the actions of individuals, not companies.

The four tennis governing bodies agree to adopt unified challenge rules against electronic calling systems. The four tennis governing bodies agree to adopt a unified Hawk-Eye challenge system.

A federal judge has tossed out California's challenge to a national abortion law that officials say could cost the state billions of dollars in federal funds.

Challenges In The News 04/16/08

CONNACHT hatchet man Mike McCarthy has been given a four-week ban for decking Edinburgh's Nick de Luca with a vicious head-high challenge.

The Sullivan Trail Chapter Red Cross is hosting a Volunteer Challenge, with the goal to seek more Blood Service volunteers.

Last week The Herald Journal published limericks submitted by readers on one of the week's comment threads. This week, we thought we'd try a similar exercise with a different verbal challenge.

Rep. Karen Jarmoc D-Enfield, has formed an exploratory committee with the State Election Enforcement Commission as she contemplates a possible challenge to Sen. John A. Kisselâ’s 7th district seat this fall.

The 9th Congressional District Democratic primary won't be the only challenge to an incumbent congressman whose district includes the Memphis area.....

South Korea is reported to be planning to challenge North Korea on its human rights record, indicating a harder line from Seoul's new Government.

Booksellers say they may challenge a new Indiana law that requires businesses selling sexually explicit materials to register with the secretary of state.

Commons Speaker Michael Martin faced a backlash from MPs yesterday over the decision to challenge the disclosure of their expenses in the High Court.

Dr. Mustafa Osman Ismail, Sudanese Presidential Advisor, stated that the absence of reliable security is the main political challenge in the African continent, in general, and in East Africa, in particular.

A multi-billion dollar challenge is upon the Tata Group. After launching the world's cheapest car Tata Nano, the Tata Group will have to sell two global iconic brands Jaguar and Land Rover.

The Monmouth County Park System will host "Family Challenge Course" March 27 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Thompson Park, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft section of Middletown. Participants will climb a tubular cargo net and walk 35 feet up in the air on a series of cables while clipped to a pulley system to access a zip line.

Challenges In The News 04/15/08

However, no matter what we can negotiate, our costs will again be higher this year, requiring us to bring in significantly more cash donations. As daunting a challenge as it will be, I am sure we can once again accomplish it. But I will need everyone's help to ensure we have adequate product and funds.

Harkness said that among storage wheats, hard red wheat often causes more digestive challenges for those who are not used to eating it, while hard white wheat causes less. Wheat prices have tripled since fall, however, and white wheat has become hard to find locally, she said.

In the hallways of the school, mock disaster victims sporting fake bandages and costume makeup injuries sprawled in the hallway as students attempted to identify their injuries and give them proper care. Elder Ron Stutz, teaching "Home-based Businesses that Make Money," challenged students to think optimistically of both the advantages and disadvantages of self-employment. Stutz is a senior missionary for the LDS Church.

Limited credit availabilityStrains on CIT could pose just one more challenge for small to medium-size businesses, which are finding it increasingly tough to get loans. "Bank lending to small business is freezing in place," says George Cloutier, a small-business expert and chairman of American Management Services, a consulting group. "Availability of credit to small and mid-sized companies has almost dried up."

The economy is in ruins, the population live in misery and he faces the most formidable challenge of his 28-year rule, yet Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe could still cling to power in Saturday's elections.

Simba Makoni's break from Robert Mugabe's ruling party marked the biggest internal challenge to Zimbabwe's president since he took office and exposed the cracks in the veteran leader's power base.

AUSTIN—Spurned by the Texas Democratic Party in its effort to stall this weekend's county conventions, Hillary Clinton's campaign said Wednesday it is mobilizing caucus supporters and helping those who want to challenge the legitimacy of some Barack Obama delegates.

Just a few weeks have passed since FYI issued its “Greener Living” home energy challenge to Lydia Butler, Art Kent and their two boys.

Petter Solberg, of Banbury-based Subaru, is optimistic his team can challenge the leaders at the rally of Argentina.

The move from coaching middle school to high school will be a challenge, but Alan Griffin feels he is ready for it.

As obesity continues to plague many Abilenians, Mayor Norm Archibald has issued a get-fit challenge.

Challenges In The News 04/14/08

Marlon Samuels has said that the South Africans should expect a stiff challenge when they take on West Indies in the opening game of the ICC World Twenty20 on September 11.

Wolfsburg, Germany - Volkswagen aims to challenge its main rival Toyota not only in the area of technology but also on plant efficiency and thus on marginal returns, VW chairman Martin Winterkorn has told the German business weekly

A relatively new school policy that seeks to challenge gifted students in first through fifth grades by grouping them together has some parents concerned that other students are getting the short end of the stick.

A KIBWORTH teenager is taking on a 35-mile cycling challenge for cancer charities after being inspired by her granddad's battles with the disease. (30/08/2007)

Facing the only man to beat him over the last three months did little to faze Roger Federer. Federer responded to his biggest challenge of the tournament with a gritty, workmanlike performance to defeat third-seeded Novak Djokovic 7-6 (4), 7-6 (2), 6-4 on Sunday for his fourth straight U.S. Open championship and 12th Grand Slam title overall

Of all the receipts we inherit from the outdoors, none is as great as the pursuit of a challenge. Take away the reasons you hunt or fish. Remove all outside influences.

Pakistan put airports on high alert and detained hundreds of opposition activists Sunday as exiled former premier Nawaz Sharif prepared to fly home to challenge President Pervez Musharraf.

A nurse is ready for the big challenge of scaling Africa's tallest peak after training on north Wales mountains.

Legislation, which now goes to the Senate, would make patents harder to obtain and easier to challenge.

Initiative 960, which would require a vote of two-thirds of the state Legislature to approve tax increases, has survived a legal challenge.

Southeastern Louisiana football coach Mike Lucas seems to be bracing for a bad day in Lawrence, even if he’s not throwing in the towel before today’s 6 p.m. game with Kansas begins. “It is a challenge,” Lucas said. “We’ve got such a young club that we’ve got to make sure we stay positive and really try to extenuate the good things and not dwell on the bad things that happen.

Challenges In The News 04/13/08

Lupin Ltd has won the Ramipril product patent challenge at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on September 11, 2007. The court reversed a district court decision on Ramipril in its favour, finding the Aventis patent on Ramipril invalid.

A solicitor overcomes a fear of water to take on a 16,000 mile round the world yacht challenge

The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation's yurt system includes five yurts north of Idaho City. This week's photo challenge was taken looking off the porch of the Banner Ridge Yurt toward the South Fork of the Payette River drainage.

Ugandan boxer Kassim Ouma, the former IBF junior middleweight champion, is to drop to the welterweight division (147 pound) to challenge big names in the category.

Martin Corry is ready to accept South Africa's immense physical challenge on Friday - and ensure England are not pushed closer towards an early World Cup exit.

I was recently asked to participate in a challenge called “Why Most Leadership Sucks, Including Yours…by John W. McKenna. I wasn’t thrilled with his languaging and told him as much on a previous Fast Company post to which he replied...

England may have been mediocre in their World Cup opener with United States, but Martin Corry believes they are still capable of raising their game to the level needed to combat the immense physical challenge of South Africa on Friday.

Self-styled macho man Gordon Ramsey is used to ruling the roost at work and at home. But the fiery TV chef's wife Tana - currently riding high after the success of her digital show Market Kitchen - has been cooking up plans to challenge Gordon on his own territory, with the news that she's angling for a programme on a terrestrial channel.

The United States has said that fighting the al-Qaeda in Pakistan is as critically important to the America as coming to terms with the terror network in Iraq. "I could say a few things based on my two and half years in Pakistan, and that is the presence of al-Qaeda in the Pakistan and Afghanistan border area is a major challenge to us," former American Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan Crocker said. ...

Australian Muslims could go online and challenge those promoting violent jihad in a bid to tackle growing radicalisation, a new study suggests.

AJAX -- The co-chairmen of the United Way of Ajax-Pickering-Uxbridge fundraising campaign know the effort "will be a challenge," but they plan on succeeding. Jim Witty, a former Ajax Mayor and Reg

Challenges In The News 04/12/08

Improving the quality of migration statistics is a “formidable” challenge that will be critical to macroeconomic policy and the ...

Facing Arizona State quarterback Rudy Carpenter is the "same challenge" as facing Alex Brink, San Diego State football coach Chuck Long said Monday. ...

Alaska Air Group Inc. on Monday disclosed that shareholder and dissident director nominee Stephen Nieman is considering a challenge ...

Mahendra Singh Dhoni is set for a challenge of leading a virtually inexperienced team in the World Twenty20 Championships as India has played just ...

A man who had planned to challenge the constitutionality of Virginia's new abusive driver fees has instead accepted a reduced charge in his speeding case. ...

"[This time] It's a different and tougher challenge and one where we will play a different system,” he explained. “As much as we would like to keep the same ...

Day 4 seemed more emotional than physical in response to this challenge – people I know and don’t know make assumptions that aren’t true. ...

... agenda of Peace and Security, Human Capital Development and Infrastructure Development has shown focus in tackling these challenges very expeditiously. ...

Leadership coaches James Kouzes and Barry Posner surveyed thousands of execs worldwide, uncovering the best practices that transformed their teams. The results are featured in the revised edition of their best-selling book, "The Leadership Challenge."

Nawaz Sharif, the former prime minister of Pakistan, was flying home on Sunday after seven years in exile to challenge President Pervez Musharraf, who could arrest him when he touches down.

Ready for a challenge?

Challenges In The News 04/11/08

There’s no escaping the reality that Federer remains constant. In that same first set, Federer, who seldom calls on the electronic challenge machine, almost as if doing so is beneath him, used it twice and was right both times.

Vet challenges GOP war claims. With a database of more than 40,000 supporters and donors, Soltz is planning to take on GOP presidential candidates next year, targeting their claim that they would be better guardians of national security. “You want to take your enemy’s strength and make it his weakness.”

Beyonce’s Challenge – Reaching Beyond The Spectacle

IndyMac to eliminate 1,000 jobs. Pasadena-based mortgage lender struggling. “Cleearly, we have experienced challenges in the current market, and there will sure be more before this difficult period is over. But the challenges we are facing today are, frankly, not as daunting as those we have faced in the past.”

Venus Williams out at U.S. Open. Justine Henin prevails in a U.S. Open match in which both players had medical challenges.

Wells says he’s up to challenge

Veteran’s day: Couture, 44, says his experience will trump enthusiasm of challenger Gonzaga, 28

Peers, subordinates and bosses offer challenges to your ego, and it requires special effort on your behalf to take the high road. But if you do, you are richly rewarded.

Authorities deported Mr Sharif on Monday, hours after he returned home following seven years in exile, vowing to challenge President Pervez Musharraf as he ...

RECENTLY retired St Kilda player Andrew Thompson was wavering last night whether to be part of a rebel challenge to the club's board. ...

I'm not blind to the challenges but very, very much an optimist that at the end of the day it's in everybody's best interest to move forward. ...

Challenges In The News 04/10/08

Australian Prime Minister John Howard has headed off rumblings of a leadership challenge warning colleagues that replacing him weeks before an election would be "a sign of panic."

Climate change poses one of the greatest challenges to the insurance industry, Wendy Baker, president of Lloyd's America, said in Louisville yesterday. She should know. Lloyd's America is the U.S. arm of Lloyd's of London, the world's oldest insurer, which paid $5.8 billion in claims related to Katrina and its sister hurricanes.

Lawyers for Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif have challenged his deportation in the country's Supreme Court. Sharif was ordered to leave Islamabad for Saudi Arabia on Monday, just hours after he arrived to challenge the regime of President Pervez Musharraf.

The independent nominating petitions of Elizabethtown Town Supervisor Noel Merrihew III have survived a challenge that could have removed him from the November ballot if he lost the Republican primary.

Senate Democratic leaders called the plan to keep 130,000 troops in Iraq through mid-2008 unacceptable and promised to challenge it through legislation.

The need for speed just part of the design challenge.

Chrysler Challenge: Burnish Image – New Marketing Chief looks to build up firm’s brands, lure buyers from imports. Her main challenge will be crafting a clear identity for the Chrysler brand. The Jeep and Dodge nameplates “have a lot of strength and equity in the market.” Chrysler’s marketing has faced other challenges. Last year, its advertising was criticized by some dealers who felt that TV commercials didn’t focus enough on product features, especially for new models such as the Dodge Nitro SUV. Dealers were also upset because of a production push that led to bloated inventory.

THE BUZZ: Aimed squarely at families looking for a PG-rated holiday movie amid the usual autumn crush of more-adult releases, “Fred Claus” was something of a challenge for the filmakers. “I live my life in the R-rated world, so it was tricky to navigate the PC world.”

To mount a successful challenge to the court, Democrats not only need to have public opinion behind them; they also have to mobilize it effectively.

Silbermann acknowledges that his first year was challenging but says the transition is now complete and the remaining agents are bound by a shared philosophy.

A challenge to the closed gates of privilege.

Challenges In The News 04/09/08

Lupin Ltd has won the Ramipril product patent challenge at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on September 11, 2007. The court reversed a district court decision on Ramipril in its favour, finding the Aventis patent on Ramipril invalid.

A solicitor overcomes a fear of water to take on a 16,000 mile round the world yacht challenge

The Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation's yurt system includes five yurts north of Idaho City. This week's photo challenge was taken looking off the porch of the Banner Ridge Yurt toward the South Fork of the Payette River drainage.

Ugandan boxer Kassim Ouma, the former IBF junior middleweight champion, is to drop to the welterweight division (147 pound) to challenge big names in the category.

Martin Corry is ready to accept South Africa's immense physical challenge on Friday - and ensure England are not pushed closer towards an early World Cup exit.

I was recently asked to participate in a challenge called “Why Most Leadership Sucks, Including Yours…by John W. McKenna. I wasn’t thrilled with his languaging and told him as much on a previous Fast Company post to which he replied...

England may have been mediocre in their World Cup opener with United States, but Martin Corry believes they are still capable of raising their game to the level needed to combat the immense physical challenge of South Africa on Friday.

Self-styled macho man Gordon Ramsey is used to ruling the roost at work and at home. But the fiery TV chef's wife Tana - currently riding high after the success of her digital show Market Kitchen - has been cooking up plans to challenge Gordon on his own territory, with the news that she's angling for a programme on a terrestrial channel.

The United States has said that fighting the al-Qaeda in Pakistan is as critically important to the America as coming to terms with the terror network in Iraq. "I could say a few things based on my two and half years in Pakistan, and that is the presence of al-Qaeda in the Pakistan and Afghanistan border area is a major challenge to us," former American Ambassador to Pakistan Ryan Crocker said. ...

Australian Muslims could go online and challenge those promoting violent jihad in a bid to tackle growing radicalisation, a new study suggests.

AJAX -- The co-chairmen of the United Way of Ajax-Pickering-Uxbridge fundraising campaign know the effort "will be a challenge," but they plan on succeeding. Jim Witty, a former Ajax Mayor and Reg

Challenges In The News 04/08/08

Celebrating a centenary of global operations, Shell, one of the world's leading players in the energy and petrochemicals industries, reaffirmed its commitment to meeting the global energy challenge through innovation and social consciousness, during a ceremony held at the Fairmont Hotel in Dubai.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- A federal appeals court has ruled that a Kentucky Death Row inmate can challenge how the state enforces its ban on executing the mentally retarded.

Despite the unpopularity of the Iraq war, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama predicted Thursday that Congress won't directly challenge President Bush's plans and will focus instead on putting a ceiling on the number of troops deployed to that country.

England's faltering grip on the Webb Ellis Cup is likely to be further weakened by South Africa on Friday when the holders face what looks an insurmountable challenge in the most eagerly awaited match of the pool stage.

In a move that may be open to legal challenge, the Jersey City City Council approved on Tuesday a 10-year abatement for the LeFrak Organization's Aquablu rental project in Newport.

DMC of Run-DMC has joined with Snoop Dogg and other stars to challenge negative depictions of hip-hop.

They don’t have to play each other, but they still do — for the right reasons: the challenge and to measure themselves against the best.

Naturally all of this has resulted in increased consumer awareness and concern about the safety of water . . . . The good news is that bottled water is a safe alternative. IBWA member companies produce safe, high-quality, strictly regulated products. The challenge for the industry is one of communication: how can we get the facts about bottled water to consumers?

Physicists in the United States announced on Wednesday that they had met a 60-year challenge to create molecules of positronium, a short-lived atom that comprises matter and antimatter.

Eighth-grader Larry Cuffman can't wait to watch the Rachel's Challenge presentation at Bucyrus High School on Tuesday. "I think this is a good idea," the Bucyrus Middle School student said.

The Plymouth A.M. Rotary Club has laid down the gauntlet and issued a "shop local" challenge to the Kiwanis Club of Colonial Plymouth to "keep our dollars in Plymouth."

Challenges In The News 04/07/08

Treasurer Peter Costello rules out a leadership challenge before the coming election.

THEYDON Bois Golf Club ladies captain Averil Murphy and past captain and Epping Rotarian Jean Kibblewhite raised over £2,000 for Arthritis Research when they completed their challenge of playing 100 holes in a day.

Countrywide in a scamble – Leading mortgage lender quickly reacts to housing bust. “In an absolute level sense, this is the biggest challenge” Countrywide has ever faced.” The company expected rising delinquencies and a weak housing market, but was “well positioned and extremely optimistic about our prospects to continue generating growth and superior returns over future cycles.” Each cycle brings with it a unique set of challenges, and this time is no different. In fact, this current cycle is certainly the most severe in the contemporary history of our industry. “There is no question that our industry, our company and many of our borrowers continue to face significant challenges.”

$30 million prize offered in challenge. Google to sponsor space race to moon. The international competition challenges entrants to land a robotic vehicle on the moon, have it travel at least 500 meters and beam video images and other data back to Earth. The first company to win the private-sector space race by 2012 would take home $20 million.

Alcatel’s many warnings – Raising additional capital could present challenge; also-ran in 3G Cellphones.

An additional challenge? Her target market, the close-knit Queen Street West artistic community, was well-known as a skeptical crowd.

In a hot real estate market on the other side of the country – the challenge is capturing potential buyers poised to make an important life-altering decision: where to live once they retire. We apply a formula to come up with the different buyer segments.

The GAO study said Baghdad hasn’t met 11 of 18 benchmarks, an assessment that challenges Bush’s war findings ahead of a pivotal report to Congress next week.

Paying attention to sustainability is a multi-faceted challenge; it means addressing consumer needs, applying innovative technologies, examining business processes and perhaps even lobbying. Mindy S. Lubber, president of Ceres says sustainability reporting is the driver for improving corporate performance on sustainability challenges such as workplace conditions or global climate change. “These winning reports are the best of the best in articulating sustainability strategies, setting clear targets and identifying actions and areas that need improvement.”

NASHUA - Former governor Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire said yesterday that she will challenge Senator John E. Sununu in 2008, setting up a rematch of their closely fought 2002 contest and presenting Sununu, a Republican, with a serious test of his support for the Iraq war.

ITHACA — A State Supreme Court Judge denied a jurisdictional challenge from the Ithaca City School District against the New York Division of Human Rights this week, but not before saying that district's argument that the state's human rights law does not protect public school students is persuasive.

Challenges In The News 04/06/08

A group of locals is taking part in a challenge to eat only local foods during the month of September.

NATIONAL bantamweight boxing champion Peter Pambeni might not be able to challenge for a regional title after it emerged yesterday that his fighting record has not been updated.

MORRISTOWN, N.J. ( Map ) - Actavis Group, the international generic pharmaceuticals company, today confirmed that Actavis Elizabeth L.L.C. has initiated a challenge of the patent listed in connection with King Pharmaceuticals ' Avinza(R) (morphine sulfate extended-release capsules).

In a challenge to Microsoft, business presentation tool will be included in search engine giant's free software bundle.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A San Francisco-based startup is hoping to be able to challenge Google with its own search engine that uses a so-called "natural-language" technology.

VALLETTA, Malta (di-ve news) -- September 17, 2007 -- 1410CEST -- The challenge of recruitment in the ICT industry was discussed during a business breakfast organized by the European Employment Service (EURES) on Monday morning.
The decision to pull the license was likely to face a challenge as it would be a major blow to a company that was at the forefront of one of the main turning points in the war.

Cancer – (June 22 – July 22) – 091707 – You’re ready to accept a raise or promotion because you want to take on new responsibilities and challenges. It’s only right that your initiative be compensated.

McDonald’s China strategy. It’s a plan to challenge KFC’s head start in that country is to offer drive-throughs and restaurants open 24 hours. Now Yum Brands Inc. – which owns KFC and Pizza Hut as well as Taco Bell in the U.S. – has competition for the cravings of Chinese diners. Rather than playing catch-up by developing more restaurants faster, McDonald’s can do well by implementing the strategy that fueled its success in the U.S.: Focus on being better, not on being bigger.

U.S. companies hear the Caribbean calling. The region is becoming competitive as the site of communications service centers. The industry owes much of its success to a telecommunications liberalization that began sweeping former British colonies in the Caribbean about six years ago. As suppliers have challenged the monopoly of Britain-based Cable & Wireless, lower prices have allowed the region to cmpete.

Leighton Baines cannot wait for the challenge of Europe after helping to subdue Cristiano Ronaldo.

Challenges In The News 04/05/08

State Sen. John Adler, D-Camden, on Thursday announced he will challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Saxton, R-3rd Dist., in 2008 for Saxton's South Jersey Congressional seat.

DEXTER - Leah Lawrence is x challenge. Whether it's moving cattle or playing volleyball, Lawrence is ready to prove people wrong. She credits her background as a hand on her family's farm for her ability to rise the occasion.

City leaders again are recommending that local elected officials challenge the Census Bureau’s estimates that Douglas County population growth is stagnant or slightly declining. City Manager David Corliss alerted city commissioners Thursday that city planners are recommending that Lawrence challenge the most recent Census population numbers, which showed the city’s population declined by a ...

AFTER golf and cricket, the next round in a sporting challenge aimed at raising money for disadvantaged young people will be clay pigeon shooting.

It's never easy making a party leader's conference speech and Ming Campbell's address to a darkened, less-than-packed Brighton Centre today was a special challenge at the end of a week of muttering about his fitness to lead his troops. Did he meet it?

Posted: 2:37 PM- After a near six-month challenge, Eagle Mountain has convinced the U.S. Census Bureau that it has 17,391 residents - not 12,232 as the 2006 estimate reported

Notes: Gorzelanny likes challenge

Senate blocks bill on Iraq combat tours - AP - 48 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Democrats' efforts to challenge President Bush's Iraq policies were dealt a demoralizing blow Wednesday in the Senate after they failed to scrape together enough support to guarantee troops more time at home.

Three more House members have agreed to take the food stamp challenge for a week as part of a campaign by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs to highlight inadequecies with the current food stamp program.

Criminal trials in NI are to resume after a challenge against new arrangements for selecting juries is thrown out.

The Lady Toppers played the role of streak-ender in a 3-1 victory at Eastern Illinois on Sunday. Western's three scores ended an EIU streak of 829 minutes without giving up a goal. "We told our players before the EIU trip that this would probably be the biggest mental challenge for us this season," said coach Jason Neidell.

Challenges In The News 04/04/08

DEXTER - Leah Lawrence is always up for a challenge. Whether it's moving cattle or playing volleyball, Lawrence is ready to prove people wrong. She credits her background as a hand on her family's farm for her ability to rise the occasion.

City leaders again are recommending that local elected officials challenge the Census Bureau’s estimates that Douglas County population growth is stagnant or slightly declining. City Manager David Corliss alerted city commissioners Thursday that city planners are recommending that Lawrence challenge the most recent Census population numbers, which showed the city’s population declined by a ...

AFTER golf and cricket, the next round in a sporting challenge aimed at raising money for disadvantaged young people will be clay pigeon shooting.

It's never easy making a party leader's conference speech and Ming Campbell's address to a darkened, less-than-packed Brighton Centre today was a special challenge at the end of a week of muttering about his fitness to lead his troops. Did he meet it?

The challenge will come in managing all the data and making sure they get migrated and cared for along the way.

PATNA: The Patna High Court has upheld the Bihar Government’s right to challenge the acquittal of Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and the former Chief Minister Rabri Devi by the lower court in a disproportionate assets case and decided to ...

At least 3,000 people led by Buddhist monks marched along flooded streets in Yangon on Friday, piling pressure on Myanmar's ruling junta in the most sustained challenge to its rule in nearly 20 years.

Deutschland rockers Scorpions still love the challenge of making music. Vocalist Klaus Meine speaks to AREF OMAR about the new album

L.A.'s clubhouse rift appears to grow as young players fire back at Kent, with Loney saying, 'Who said he was a leader?' PHOENIX -- Word got back to the Dodgers' clubhouse on Friday that Jeff Kent had criticized the team's younger players, and James Loney wasn't pleased. Matt Kemp said he was disappointed. And Manager Grady Little admitted that clubhouse cohesion has been "quite a challenge" ...

OFHEO’s announcement came as the Senate Banking Committee voted 20-to-1 to approve legislation raising a separate limit on home loans made through the Federal Housing Administration. That could help prospective home buyers in higher-cost areas like California and New York but do little to ease the bigger challenge faced by homeowners who may lose their homes if they fall further behind on their payments.

Lawrence city leaders may challenge recent census numbers that show a decline in the city's population of a little less than one percent last year.

Challenges In The News 04/03/08

"Be true to your school" could be the motto of a challenge the Foundation for Madison's Public Schools has issued to friends and supporters of public education here. According to Martha Vukelich-Austin, foundation president, it's taken less than 10 months for over half the schools in Madison to meet a challenge grant aimed at helping build individual endowments at every local elementary, middle ...

Challenges Big and Small - The pilot programs are essential for identifying the glitches that are bound to arise when computers are deployed in cash-strapped schools. Setting up and paying for Internet access can be a challenge.

Despite claiming it is being unfairly pressured, the St Kilda board will move quickly to resolve the current rebel group's challenge. The club said a board meeting would be called "at the earliest possible time" to set a date for a general meeting to vote on the issue.

TRENTON, N.J. - Democratic state Sen. John Adler on Thursday announced he will challenge incumbent Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Saxton in 2008 for a South Jersey Congressional seat.

The National Endowment for the Humanities has pledged a $1 million challenge grant to The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Students in the Walnut Valley Unified School District this week will have the chance to participate in "Rachel's Challenge" a non-violence school program.

Associated Press - September 21, 2007 12:44 PM ET LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) - City officials want to again challenge U.S. Census population figures that show Lawrence's population slightly...

Buddhist monks took to the streets in their thousands Saturday in Myanmar in an escalating trial of strength that has left the military junta facing its most prolonged challenge in nearly two decades.

Lawrence city leaders may challenge recent census numbers that show a decline in the city's population of a little less than one percent last year.

Jerry Meadows of The Right Wing says for the right price a limited number of customers headed to Friday night’s OU-TU game will be able to get a prime parking place with their dinner. For others, the search for parking close to the TU stadium will be a challenge.

Nigeria's Samuel Peter will have another wait in his quest to challenge World Boxing Council heavyweight champion Oleg Maskaev because the Russian hurt his back while training.

Challenges In The News 04/02/08

Delinquent parents, he said, would also be brought to bear, although there was a cultural fear of challenging these things. "I hold no such cultural fear and so we have to challenge them if we are to get growth in this country," he said.

In time of war, certainly World War II, the Supreme Court was not going to challenge anything that Roosevelt as Commander-in-Chief did. And when the Supreme Court wrote the Ex Parte Quirin case they had some nice language there that says that the courts are there to protect individual rights in time of war, in time of peace. But obviously that wasn't to be the case. It's not until long after the war is over that the courts feel emboldened enough--usually after the president has gone--to make some stands in defense of civil liberty.

With all the challenges parents face, it is good to know what weapons we have in our arsenal. I have found that one of the biggest resources we have as parents is other parents. They not only understand why we are in distress, but usually know just how to make us feel better.

Not every Scout goes as far as my son. The challenge for our youth is to get them to see beyond their immediate experiences. A similar challenge exists for our parents in Scouting: how do we motivate/educate them to see beyond the anticipated immediate experiences of their boys?

Area Boy Scouts take on challenges, find solutions during ....Winter Camp - Five-day event focuses on Eagle-required merit badges

Communicating successfully in today’s overcrowded marketplace is challenging. At Rosica, you will find a team of experienced public relations and marketing professionals that know how to break through the messaging “clutter” and deliver measurable results. We know how to reach the key influencers who impact your business, create brand awareness and boost sales.

TROOP COMMITTEE CHALLENGE on Nov. 29th (for Troop Committee members, naturally, and any and all parents who want their son’s troop to run smoothly).

Amid the camaraderie is a "combat challenge" for firefighters in the toughest 2 minutes in sports

Troy’s defense had a bit of a challenge going into Saturday’s game with UL-Monroe. Stop somebody.

All it took was a little old challenge.

ISLAMABAD (September 30 2007): Two presidential candidates Wajihuddin Ahmad and Amin Fahim have announced that they would challenge acceptance of nomination papers of General Pervez Musharraf by the Election Commission in the Supreme Court.

Challenges In The News 04/01/08

Movie fans with a creative itch should take a look at the Almost Famous Film Festival's "48 Hour Challenge." The brainchild of Valley videographer Jae Staats, Almost Famous challenges participants to write, shoot and edit an original short film in just 48 hours.

KUALA TERENGGANU, MALAYSIA: Parti Islam SeMalaysia (PAS) president Datuk Seri Hadi Awang pointed out he is willing to challenge Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi for Seberang Prai Utara Kepala Batas parliamentary seat, if the party makes such arrangement.

A CHALLENGE to the established way of building cellular infrastructure was thrown down at the recent MCW in Barcelona. ZTE claims to have shown the world's first SDR (Software Defined Radio) base station.

About 175 people submitted notes to the mayor's office in a contest challenging Pittsburghers to offer "unique, exciting, romantic or unusual" reasons they love the city.

The lasting mystery of "The Spiderwick Chronicles" is why the producers cast actors known for rising to a creative challenge - and then gave them so little to do. Mary-Louise Parker, David Strathairn, Nick Nolte, Dame Joan Plowright - Laurence Olivier's widow, for Pete's sake - all rattle around this noisy action-fantasy contraption looking vaguely stunned.

Sun looks to challenge IBM in rankings of world's top supercomputers with Constellation, which will get its coming-out party next week.

Leeds United are seeking to challenge the Football League's decision to dock them 15 points for entering administration

I just think it would be effective if you included in your Fireside Chat at the Roundtables the Cronk Challenge to get all the leadership at the unit level trained.

The weekend in Woodley Park coincided with an especially blustery season of Santa Ana winds, which at times made outdoor camping rather challenging.

These low documentation loans are for those who have challenging income situations or who need more flexible credit guidelines. Choose from fixed or adjustable loans with interest-only options.

They hope to lobby students to stop using bottled water and the administration to stop providing it to faculty members. To that end, they held a "World Water Challenge" last year and this year they decorated the cannon with water bottles as a sign of protest.