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.