Challenges In The News 10/23/08

That incident sparked protests from a burgeoning transgender movement to challenge what eventually came to be known as the festival's ...

Finding ways to fund or otherwise contribute to these efforts will be a challenge for America and its leaders.

Remember growing up . . . you were proud to be a Boy Scout. With each Boy Scout rank advancement came new challenges, new adventures, and many times, new friends to share your experiences with.

I guess it’s a challenge.

It was a good move by Safina not to challenge the call.

If he hadn’t made a challenge, he would have won the point.

The weather has made playing even more challenging.

Los Angeles Major Antonio Villaraigosa raised $1.6 million for his 2009 reelection campaign in the first half of the year, a sizable bundle of cash in a race where, so far, the first-term mayor faces no well-funded challengers.

The split decision came in a challenge by the Florida Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Retail Federation of a law that bars employers from telling workers, customers and other visitors they can’t keep a firearm locked in their vehicles. It took effect July 1.

So as this women’s British Open serves as the last women’s major of 2008, and the last major in the astronomical career of Annika Sorenstam, it’s also the first major that cemented Ochoa as dynastic, a first major title she defends against 143 challengers through Sunday.

“It challenges the idea that there is no way to deal with the problem but for creating some kind of legal status (for illegal immigrants). And it seems you don’t have to deport everyone.”