Challenges In The News 06/14/08

Jamie Roberts says being picked to play full-back for Wales in South Africa will be a 'big challenge'.

Former East Aurora Mayor David DiPietro on Tuesday officially declared that he will challenge New York State Senator Dale M. Volker in September's Republican party primary.

Associated Press - June 4, 2008 3:53 PM ET BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - An adviser to Barack Obama says his campaign is receptive to John McCain's challenge that Obama join him in 10 town hall...

This year's JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge is going green.

A large number of horses have stepped to the line against Big Brown, but he is still awaiting a challenge Big Brown has run in only five races, but by now the colt who was a relative unknown when he made his second start three months ago needs no introduction to American sports fans.

CANNES, France, June 3 (UPI) -- Hollywood actor Shia LaBeouf admits some of his action sequences in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" were a bit of a challenge.

The Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program at Camp Beauregard in Pineville, Louisiana will hold graduation ceremonies on Saturday, June 14, 2008, at 11 :00 a.m. more

R. Jonathan Armistead from Hy-Vee (Columbia, Mo. store) was the winner of the International Dairy Deli Bakery Association's 13th annual Cake Decorating Challenge held June 1 to June 3 at the Dairy-Deli-Bake 2008 seminar and expo in New Orleans.

Democrat Geri Huser, who has been a state representative since 1997, survived her first-ever primary challenge Tuesday.

The 2008 Summer Fitness Challenge is about to begin and registrations are currently being taken at the Regional Healthcare Foundation's office on Grant Street in Dexter.

GameCareerGuide.com, Gamasutra's sister web site for aspiring game developers, has a weekly Game Design Challenge, a series of creative exercises in becoming a game developer. This week's challenge asks the industry hopefuls to try thinking partly like a designer, partly like a localization staff member, and partly like a business and marketing person.