Challenges In The News 09/06/08

“It’s not undoable,” he says of the challenge he took on nearly one year ago, when Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa looked up at the blond, 6-foot-3 preacher and asked him to be his gang czar.

In 1999, the FCC said local phone companies didn’t have to pay competitors for connecting subscriber calls to dial-up Internet service, saying those count as interstate traffic rather than local phone calls. Core Communications Inc., a closely held company in Annapolis, MD, challenged the rules and urged the court to force the FCC to justify them.

Currie said one challenge has been that the Art Deco suspension bridge, which connects San Francisco with Marin County, is eligible for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, which would add hurdles to altering the structure.

Weeks later, hoping to avoid a legal challenge under the anti-tax measure Proposition 218, the council broadened the mayor’s goal, saying the top priority for the new money would be police hiring and public safety in general.

The onetime foreign correspondent faces several major challenges: adapting to a Washington power culture with which he’s unfamiliar, merging the Post’s sometimes factious print and online operations and trying to maintain the journalistic excellence that this year brought the Post six Pulitzer Prizes, even as declining ad revenue is forcing staff cuts. “Change is bearing down upon all of us equally, and we will all be called upon to navigate this critical passage,” Brauchli told the newsroom. “I am confident we will meet every challenge and thrive.”

It could be a difficult budget year for the city of Peoria. Mayor Jim Ardis says the city council could have their work cut out for them this year. Ardis says several issues will make the budget a challenge, including rising health care prices and the massive combined sewer overflow project.

A POWER play at the top of Swimming Australia threatens the nation's stability at the Beijing Olympics, with long-standing board member Lynne Bates set to challenge former president Neil Martin's election as a delegate to FINA - the world ruling body of the sport.
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New Zealand Maori coach Donny Stevenson said the challenge of playing World Cup teams and the next best in Australia inspired his side to their dramatic IRB Pacific Nations Cup victory.

Bob Doyle, a featured teacher from the book and film phenomenon The Secret and founder of Boundless Living, rolls out a Free online 45 day challenge that will have people around the world remove obstacles and achieve their dreams.
COST is the main challenge that could hamper the development of fuel-efficient cars as well as hybrid ones in the country, according to auto players.