Challenges In The News 06/04/08

Swansea's six Active Swansea centres have set up an April challenge for people to run, walk or cross-train 45km during the month.

High-definition TV will be available free from the end of next year, it was announced today. In a challenge to Sky, four HD channels are to be launched through the Freeview service, which is already in 15 million British homes

The Timmins High & Vocational School boys' hockey team were riding a momentous win, heading into their toughest challenge yet at the provincial school championships in Ottawa this week.

KINGSTON — Sanborn Regional High School students are currently participating in a social entrepreneurial student leadership challenge.

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Mississippi is considering a legal challenge to new Environmental Protection Agency rules aimed at reducing smog amid complaints by businesses that the rules went too far.

DOWAGIAC -- Southwest Michigan College is challenging hikers and runners to trample 1.4 to 6.2 miles of scenic earth in and near the campus for Earth Day.

The challenge is to stop school violence. Some students say it's working.

The university attracts more students from International Baccalaureate program – the most challenging courses in American high schools – than any other college.

Sales reps are out in the field and they’re kind of on islands. “It’s a challenge to keep everyone connected.”

The Challenge: some workers have been reluctant to let go of the old way of doing things. So the firm has enlisted some reps to show and encourage others to use the system.

For SAG, the challenge lies in negotiating a deal in the wake of negotiations between the WGA and the Directors Guild of America.