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.