PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, May 19, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, May 19, 2005

President Bush's Rating on Handling of Iraq Declines to Lowest Level, According to Latest Harris Poll

The latest Harris Poll shows that President Bush's rating for his overall handling of Iraq has declined to its lowest level since March 2003 when Harris Interactive began measuring the public's attitudes on this issue. Furthermore, following on the heels of increased levels of violence, the number of U-S adults who say that fighting in Iraq was the wrong thing to do has risen to 48 percent -- the highest level that The Harris Poll has measured for this question.

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One Third of All Software in Use Still Pirated, Major Study Finds

Thirty-five percent of the software installed on personal computers worldwide was pirated in 2004, a one percentage point decrease from 36 percent in 2003. Yet, losses due to piracy increased from 29 billion dollars to 33 billion dollars. These are among key findings of a global software piracy study released by the Business Software Alliance. The independent study, which indicates that software piracy continues to be a major challenge worldwide, was conducted by global technology research leader I-D-C.

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State of Diabetes in America: A New Report Reveals America's Diabetes Health is in Jeopardy

A first-of-its-kind Report released by the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists revealed that from 2003 to 2004, two out of three Americans with type 2 diabetes, analyzed in a study of more than 157-thousand patients, were not in control of their blood sugar, failing to meet A-A-C-E's target A1C goal of 6 point 5 percent or less. In addition, a state-by-state ranking of blood sugar control -- contained in the new "State of Diabetes in America" Report -- shows that there is significant room for improvement in diabetes management as the majority of people studied in every state, including the District of Columbia, were not in control of their blood sugar levels.

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Dave Matthews Band Posts 4th Consecutive Number One Album

Dave Matthews Band brand new studio album, Stand Up, entered the charts at Number One this week, selling more than 464,559 units according to SoundScan. Stand Up becomes the fourth consecutive D-M-B studio album to enter the charts at Number One and the highest debut for a rock act so far this year.

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PRNewswire -- May 19

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