PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, July 7, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, July 7, 2005

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U.S. Adults Have Mixed Views about Providing Foreign Aid to Poorer Countries for Public Health Initiatives and HIV/AIDS Treatment and Prevention

The Harris Poll says the American public overall does not appear to be a strong proponent for increased foreign aid to poorer countries for public health initiatives and to help with the prevention of disease including H-I- V/AIDS. While one-in-five U-S adults believes the U-S government spends about the right amount, twice that number thinks the government spends too much to help prevent disease and improve public health and one-quarter believes it does not spend enough. Furthermore, when asked specifically about providing foreign aid to poorer countries to help prevent and treat H-I-V/AIDS, just over a third of adults believe that the U-S government does not spend enough.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2986107

Kbb.com Names Most Researched Vehicles of First Half of 2005

Kelley Blue Book's number one and most visited new car shopping Web site kbb.com, names the most researched vehicles so far this year. Information was collected among more than 40 million unique visitors generating nearly 180 million pricing reports.

Kbb.com's Most Researched Vehicles of the First Half of 2005 are:

1. Honda Accord
2. Honda Civic
3. Toyota Camry
4. Ford Mustang
5. Honda Odyssey
6. Toyota Corolla
7. Toyota Highlander
8. Honda CR-V
9. Honda Pilot
10. Nissan Altima

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2985660

MTV & VH1 Score Historic Ratings Win with Live 8 Coverage

In one of the highest rated music events in the networks' history, M-T-V and V-H-One announced that their coverage of the Live 8 concerts, which took place in ten cities around the world on July second, reached more than 18 million total viewers combined over the course of the broadcast. The two nets shared a feed for the first time in their history to cover the concerts, aimed to raise awareness of extreme poverty in Africa.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2986495

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PRNewswire -- July 7

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