PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, August 22, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, August 22, 2005

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The 'Thunder Rolls' Into Wal-Mart With Garth Brooks Multi-Year Venture; Wal-Mart Customers Will Enjoy Exclusives in Upcoming Years!

Wal-Mart Stores have announced an exclusive multi-year agreement with singer/songwriter Garth Brooks that will include all Wal-Mart stores, SAM'S CLUB locations and walmart.com. Brooks, who introduced country music to new audiences and achieved multi-platinum status in doing so, retired from public performing in 2001 and remains retired. Garth Brooks is the all- time biggest- selling solo artist and has taken 25 singles to the number one position on the country charts.

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MCA's Trisha Yearwood Returns to the Stage for Fall Tour

M-C-A recording artist Trisha Yearwood hits the road again this fall after a three-year break from touring. The 27-date tour kicks off September 29th in Mesa, Arizona, and continues through November with stops in Las Vegas, Atlanta and Atlantic City. Yearwood is touring in support of her current hit single "Georgia Rain" from her upcoming album Jasper County, which hits stores September 13th.

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Ziff Davis Video Game Survey: Mobile Gaming Doubles Again

According to Ziff Davis Media's annual "Digital Gaming in America" survey of more than 15-hundred randomly selected U-S households, cell phone gaming continued its meteoric rise in 2005: the number of households engaged in cell phone gaming nearly doubled again, jumping from 16 point three million last year to 27 point nine million this year.

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India.Arie and Ashley Judd Explore The Worldwide Struggle Against HIV/AIDS

AIDS: this health crisis has already taken the lives of over 20 million. Approximately 40 million people are living with H-I-V today. As part of its continuing public affairs initiative, V-H-1 invited India.Arie and Ashley Judd to take a first-hand look at the health emergency and how it is affecting communities in Nairobi, Kenya and Antanarivo, Madagascar. Though Ashley and India.Arie encountered sadness and suffering in these communities, they also found hope. Those who care for individuals affected by H-I-V/AIDS expressed this hope on a daily basis, through their remarkable courage and stamina in the face of the crisis. Watch India.Arie and Ashley Judd's emotional journeys on "V-H-1 News Presents: Tracking the Monster: Ashley Judd and India.Arie Confront AIDS in Africa." The special premieres on Tuesday, August 23rd.

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