PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, December 7, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, December 7, 2005

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Annual Retail Security Survey Shows Shoplifting on the Rise

The holiday shopping season is here, and with it comes retailer concerns over shoplifting and employee theft. According to a new University of Florida retail study, those concerns are well founded -- with evidence of losses from shoplifting on the rise. The report also found that while employee theft is down slightly, it is still the largest single source of inventory "shrinkage." Inventory shrinkage -- a combination of employee theft, shoplifting, vendor fraud and administrative error -- cost the nation's retailers close to 31 billion dollars last year, according to the National Retail Security Survey, which analyzed theft incidents from 107 of the largest U-S retail chains. The annual survey was conducted by the University of Florida, with a funding grant from A-D-T Security Services.

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NBC Universal & Apple Offer New Primetime, Cable, Late-Night & Classic TV Shows on the iTunes Music Store

N-B-C Universal and Apple have announced an unprecedented lineup of new primetime, cable, late-night and classic T-V shows, including primetime hits such as "Law & Order" and late-night favorites such as sketches from "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on the iTunes Music Store. iTunes now offers more than 300 episodes of 16 popular T-V shows for viewing on a computer or iPod. Customers have purchased and downloaded more than three million videos since their debut on October 12, making the iTunes Music Store the world's most popular video download store.

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Why People Who Live Close to Restaurants are More Likely to Have an Accident and Pay More for Auto Insurance

If you live within a mile of a church, you're far less likely to have a car accident than drivers who live more than a mile from a church. But if you live within one mile of a restaurant, you face a significantly greater risk of an accident than most other drivers. Those are among the key findings of a study released by a leading predictive analytics company -- Quality Planning Corporation.

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Pennsylvania Has the Nation's Worst Roads, Texas the Best

For the second consecutive year and the fifth time in a decade, truckers say Pennsylvania has the worst roads in the country. That's according to the annual Highway Report Card survey conducted by Overdrive magazine. Overdrive is the nation's leading magazine for owner-operators. For the second year in a row, Texas shines with the best roads. The Overdrive survey not only ranked roads, but also the drivers who traverse them. Roughly two-thirds of respondents say road rage increased during the past year, with 36 percent calling the jump significant. The worst automobile drivers are in California, followed by Illinois and New York.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3097572

USA Network Lands Wynonna Judd and Cowboy Troy as Co-Hosts for Nashville Star's Season Four

Five-time Grammy Award Winning Superstar Wynonna Judd and RAYBAW/Warner Brothers Record's Cowboy Troy will host the fourth season of U-S-A Network's Nashville Star. This was announced by U-S-A's Executive Vice President of Original Programming. The nation's top-rated country music series and original grassroots talent search to find America's next great country music star, Nashville Star, will debut the fourth season in an all-new star-studded fashion on Tuesday, March 7, 2006.

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PRNewswire -- Dec. 7

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