Challenges In The News 05/30/08

When did you first pick up a baseball glove? I probably started when I was 3 or 4, throwing the ball around with my dad in the backyard. I started organized when I was 5. They got me in there early. What's your favorite part about being a shortstop? It's a challenging position, and I like to have that challenge.

Global Security Challenge (GSC), the largest international security innovation competition, is open for entries, offering security start-ups worldwide the opportunity to showcase their inventions and compete for over $500,000 in cash-grants.

The U.S. Supreme Court is still reviewing Earl Wesley Berry’s death penalty challenge.

A judge hears a challenge to a by-law which imposes a 10mph speed limit on a lake.

Mohamed Al Fayed was today meeting his lawyers to discuss whether to challenge the verdict of the inquest into the death of Diana, Princess of Wales. Mohamed Fayed is considering whether to challenge the verdicts of the inquests into the deaths of Diana, Princess of Wales and his son Dodi Fayed, after insisting once again that they were “murdered”.

A group that mounted an abortive lawsuit last year to undo a Fairfax County tax district that helps fund the Dulles Rail project expects to start another legal challenge, the group's leader said Monday.

April 7 (Bloomberg) -- Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said his challenge was meeting China's energy demand in the framework of long-term supply. Rudd, who is on the last leg of a 17-day global tour, made the comments today at the London School of Economics

Four Democrats have been slated by their party to challenge veteran Republicans on the Lake County Board.

MASON CITY — The Mason City Jaycees have issued a challenge to area service clubs and non-profit organizations to donate to the Vision Mason City campaign.

Memphis' offense is predicated on the ability of its guards to take defenders off the dribble, and the Tigers have two of the best in Derrick Rose and Chris Douglas-Roberts. The combo poses a challenge for Kansas, writes Dana O'Neil.

TARBORO – A local Democratic political activist – in what he called a continuing personal saga – filed a residency challenge Friday with the Edgecombe County Board of Elections against the Rev. Roosevelt Higgs.