Challenges In The news 08/10/08

After months of being accused of racism and foot-dragging in the beating case of a black teen, the police chief delivered a challenge Thursday to his critics: File a criminal complaint, or move on.
Expected challenge draws fire from Richardson camp.

With contract talks between the Screen Actors Guild and the major studios at a standstill, a coalition of actors is mounting an election challenge to a group that swept SAG President Alan Rosenberg into office nearly three years ago.

More than two dozen actors, including Private Practice stars Kate Walsh and Amy Brenneman, are campaigning to join the Screen Actors Guild board to challenge the current leadership and possibly jumpstart stalled contract talks with Hollywood studios.

The first Vermont municipality to pass an ordinance restricting where sex offenders may live within its borders is expected to draw a legal challenge.

NEW ORLEANS -- Mayor Ray Nagin's office says the city has submitted a challenge to the U.S. Census Bureau's population estimates for New Orleans.

Former Arsenal defender Martin Keown believes Sir Alex Ferguson's jibe that Chelsea's squad are too long in the tooth to mount a serious title challenge could come back to haunt him.

He may have lost the US presidency eight years ago, but today, he enjoys more global prestige as a Nobel laureate than his erstwhile rival. Last week, as the world marked the 39th anniversary of the man-on-the-moon landing, former US Vice-President Al Gore hurled a "generational challenge" that matched the significance of John F. Kennedy's ambition nearly five decades ago: "Today I challenge our ...
JOHOR BAHARU, July 24 (Bernama)-- For Ibrahim Amir and Elvin Lean, the Singapore leg of the Guinness 9-ball Pool Asian Tour beginning today, poses a different challenge for the two Malaysian cueists

Fox News executives knew it would be a long, uphill battle to challenge CNBC when they launched a new business channel last October -- and new ratings confirm that they are right.

DURBAN, South Africa - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson taunted Luiz Felipe Scolari by claiming his aging Chelsea squad cannot mount a title challenge.