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Richard J. Codey is scrambling to avoid a court takeover of New Jersey's beleaguered child welfare agency, with barely three months left in his term.

The warning comes as Washington is scrambling to avoid a scenario where it alone casts a veto in the UN security council against the Palestinian bid for recognition of statehood, which is expected to be formally requested next week.

Ty Detmer's Season Is Over Cleveland Browns quarterback Ty Detmer was lost for the season Saturday night when he ruptured his right Achilles' tendon while scrambling to avoid a sack.

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Campaign advisers to former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts, stung by unexpectedly fierce attacks from Republican rivals on his career as a corporate buyout specialist, are scrambling to avoid a prolonged and nasty battle over his business record before it does lasting damage to the front-runner.

Gunfire from semiautomatic weapons did extensive damage to 17 transformers that sent grid operators scrambling to avoid a blackout.

Mr. Burns, the incumbent, got a slow start, and is now scrambling to avoid an upset.

After scrambling to avoid an armbar attempt, Mann fell to a triangle choke, tapping out at 3 09 of the first round.

"The recent leaking of thousands of accounts of incidents has re-energised public concern with offshore processing and the government is desperately scrambling to avoid any further scrutiny".

And is now a major concern for Spain, which has received banking bailout money from the euro zone, and Slovenia, which is scrambling to avoid asking for a bailout.

The industry is scrambling to avoid irrelevance in a world where people are watching more TV than ever before, but less and less of that viewing is happening on the traditional networks.

The Court of Appeals has set a July 30 deadline, and all sides are scrambling to avoid embarrassment -- especially in a year when legislators will be asking voters to send them back for another term.