PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Tuesday, August 9, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Tuesday, August 9, 2005

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NEWSWEEK POLL: Sixty-One Percent of Americans Disapprove of the Way Pres. Bush Is Handling Iraq

Sixty-one percent of Americans polled disapprove of the way President George W. Bush is handling the situation in Iraq; just 34 percent approve, according to the latest Newsweek Poll. This is Bush's lowest rating on Iraq and the first time it has dropped below 40 percent in the Newsweek Poll. And half of those polled say the United States is losing ground in its efforts to establish security and democracy in Iraq; just 40 percent say the U-S is making progress there.

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Following London Bombings, Affluent Americans' Top Concerns Shift From Economy to Terrorism, Safety and Security, According to Latest McDonald Financial Group Survey

In the wake of the London subway and bus bombings in July, top concerns among affluent Americans have shifted from the economy to terrorism, safety and security, according to the latest quarterly McDonald Financial Group Affluent Consumer Confidence Index results. Affluent Americans now view terrorism as the number one issue facing the country, with 32 percent of respondents choosing terrorism as the top national concern, doubling from 16 percent who said so last quarter.

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'March of the Penguins' Takes Flight and Becomes 2nd Highest-Grossing Documentary of All Time

After only six weeks in release, the surprise hit of the summer "March of the Penguins" has passed "Bowling for Columbine" making it the 2nd highest grossing documentary of all time. The film, which is presented by Warner Independent Pictures and National Geographic Feature Films, opened in New York and Los Angeles on June 24th. The film is currently on 1,864 screens and will expand to over two thousand screens this week.

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Scientists in Silicon Valley Reach Back 2,000 Years to Bring Egyptian Child Mummy Back to Life

***Audio News Release***

Scientists with new digital tools claim to have answered a two-thousand year-old riddle. In Silicon Valley, doctors, scientists and computer experts teamed up to create the most detailed, high definition 3-D models ever created from scanning an ancient mummy. They examined a two-thousand year-old child mummy using computer technology developed by Silicon Graphics and Intel. Together, they generated 35 times more information than the recent King Tut mummy scans.

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PRNewswire -- Aug. 9

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