PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday February 9, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday February 9, 2005

Anaheim, California, Tops America's 'AhH-Choo! Index'

How many sneezes is too many for one city? Where does your city rank on the "Ahh-Choo! Index"? Anaheim, California, might be home to baseball's Angels, but during cold and flu season the city is anything but heavenly. According to statistics compiled by Surveillance Data Inc. for the 2003-04 cold and flu season, Anaheim had the highest incidences of colds and flu in the United States last year. Although Anaheim, California, tops the "Ahh-Choo! Index" based on reported cold and flu activity, the city is not alone ... after all, misery does love company.

AMERICA'S "AHH-CHOO! INDEX"

1. Anaheim, Calif. 11. Greenville, S.C.
2. Atlanta, Ga. 12. Albany, N.Y.
3. Los Angeles, Calif. 13. Seattle, Wash.
4. Manchester, N.H. 14. Des Moines, Iowa
5. St. Louis, Mo. 15. Baltimore, Md.
6. Riverside, Calif. 16. Chicago, Ill.
7. Dayton, Ohio 17. Philadelphia, Pa.
8. Washington, D.C. 18. San Francisco, Calif.
9. Las Vegas, Nev. 19. Huntington, W.Va.
10. Pittsburgh, Pa. 20. Louisville, Ky.



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VH1's 3rd Annual GRAMMY Awards Poll Says Usher Will Be Yelling 'Yeah' at This Year's Ceremony on Sunday, February 13

Looks like Usher, Tim McGraw and Kanye West may want to clear some shelves for GRAMMY Awards that will be given out on Sunday, February 13, according to a recent V-H-1 poll. The three artists came out on top in the marquee categories in V-H-1's 3rd annual GRAMMY Awards poll of adults 18-49.

The V-H-1 poll's most intriguing findings include:

-- Usher was far and away the biggest winner for Album of the Year and
Record of the Year, outpacing the nearest competitor by at least a 2-1
margin in both categories.

-- This year's breakout hip-hop star, Kanye West, barely edged out
Maroon 5 and Gretchen Wilson in the Best New Artist category.

-- Kanye West and Maroon 5 might be positioned for long and successful
careers in the music industry. Among the Best New Artist nominees,
respondents were most likely to own records by these two new acts.



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58% of Single Females Say They Would Give Up Sex for a Year for a Valentine's Day Date with Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt recently became single again and, according to a poll on Lavalife.com, thousands of single females would go to extreme lengths to take advantage! Over half of 34-hundred female respondents asserted that they would give up sex for an entire year in exchange for a Valentine's Day date with People Magazine's two-time Sexiest Man Alive. Twenty-one percent of those surveyed claimed that they would go to work naked to spend the holiday with Pitt.

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PRNewswire -- Feb. 9


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