PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Tuesday December 20, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Tuesday December 20, 2005

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Mediaguide Charts the Nation's Most Played Holiday Songs for the Week Ending Sunday December 18

Are Americans pining for the long-gone days of horse-drawn sleigh rides? Last week's holiday radio airplay indicates the answer is yes. For the second week in a row, the many versions of the classic holiday tune "Sleigh Ride" ruled U.S. radio airplay -- clocking in at over seventeen-thousand spins in the past seven days alone. According to radio airplay monitoring service Mediaguide, "Sleigh Ride" is the most-played holiday song nationwide. Rounding out the top ten from Mediaguide's list for the past seven days are Sleigh Ride, Winter Wonderland, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, The Christmas Song, Santa Clause Is Comin' to Town, White Christmas, Jingle Bell Rock, It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree, and Do You Hear What I Hear?

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Smith & Wesson Introduces Walther PPK 75th Anniversary Edition

Smith and Wesson Holding Corporation, parent company of Smith and Wesson Corp., the legendary one hundred and fifty three-year old global safety, security, protection and sport company announced today the release of a limited seventy-fifth Anniversary edition of the Walther P-P-K. After seventy-five years, the pistol that helped make James Bond famous will be recognized with a special commemorative model. Manufactured of carbon steel with a polished blue finish, the Anniversary Model has wood grips as well as full scroll, machine engraving on both sides of the frame and slide. A twenty- four karat gold plated Walther logo and model name along with an engraved "Seventy-fifth Anniversary" will be featured on the left side of the frame. Each Anniversary P-P-K will bear a special serial number, starting with 0000- P-P-K and will be shipped with a glass-top wooden display case.

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NASA Sets Sights on First Pluto Mission

NASA is preparing to launch the first spacecraft to distant Pluto and its moon Charon (KAIR-en). The January 2006 launch of New Horizons will complete the initial reconnaissance of the planets in the solar system. Mary Cleave, associate administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate says, "New Horizons will study a unique world, and we can only imagine what we may learn. This is a prime example of scientific missions that complement the Vision for Space Exploration." The Vision for Space Exploration is a bold new course into the cosmos, a journey that will return the space shuttle safely to flight, complete the construction of the International Space Station, take humans back to the moon and eventually to Mars and beyond.

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Rollergirls -- America's Newest 'Roll Models' Premieres on A & E January Second

'Rollergirls' premieres on the A and E Network Monday January Second, 2006. Its a reality based drama, but doesn't resemble anything in the reality genre. Texas-based production company Action Figure teamed up with the famed Gary Auerbach from MTV's Laguna Beach, as co-executive producers to create thirteen one-hour episodes of 'Rollergirls.' The first episode, seen through the eyes of rookie-rollergirl Venus Envy, introduces the duality between the Rollergirls' superhero personas on the track and their daily lives. Mark Miks, director and principal at Action Figure said, "We wanted to show how powerful these women are, some of them teachers, lawyers, and students by day, all of them hellions by night."

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PRNewswire -- Dec. 20

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