PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, December 21, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, December 21, 2005

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National Parks, Crime-Fighting, Medicare and Social Security Top the List of Government Services, Which Have Strongest Public Support

When asked in a new Harris Poll how strongly they support 14 different government services, five services receive strong, or a fair amount of support, from about three-fourths of all adults or more. The five most popular services are The National Parks Service, Crime-fighting and prevention services, Medicare, Social Security, and Unemployment benefits.

Other services which are supported by 65 percent or more of all adults are Defense, Medicaid, Federal aid to public schools and Federal government emergency services.

Three other services are supported by majorities of under 65 percent, Homeland Security, Intelligence Services, and food stamps.

Only two services on the list do not receive majority support, Immigration and Naturalization services and Foreign aid.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3107855

'The 40-Year-Old Virgin' DVD Rings in Holiday Season Selling 3.7 Million in First Week

"The 40-Year-Old Virgin" took an uninhibited romp through stores this holiday shopping season, selling approximately three-point-seven million combined D-V-D and V-H-S units in the first week since its December 13 street date. Consumers committed nearly 65 million dollars to a long-term relationship with the Universal Studios Home Entertainment comedy blockbuster in its first six days in stores.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3107307

Rose (Corked) Home Run Bat Sold for $103,631.91 to Internet Casino GoldenPalace.com

The Internet casino that bought baseball legend Pete Rose's allegedly corked bat now plans to saw it in half to reveal the truth to the world.

Internet casino GoldenPalace.com bought the bat on Saturday for 103- thousand dollars on Lelands.com, the foremost auction house of sports and entertainment/Americana. The bat is signed by Rose and was used to hit his 159th home run. Rose holds the record for all-time hits. Now that the casino owns the bat, they have plans to saw it in half to reveal once and for all if the bat is enhanced in any way.

The sawing of the bat is part of the casino's plan to use it in an ongoing effort to raise money for charity. The casino has not yet decided on the exact details, but they have a history of devising creative ways to raise awareness and funds for many worthy causes.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3106835

Nielsen//NetRatings Reports the Fastest Growing Web Sites Year-Over-Year Among Top Internet Properties: Apple, Google and Amazon Take the Lead

Nielsen//NetRatings has announced the fastest growing Web sites among the top ten Web brands for November. Apple ranked number one according to year- over-year growth in November 2005, climbing 57 percent over November last year, driven by traffic to the increasingly popular iTunes. Google and Amazon also saw significant year-over-year increases, growing 29 percent and 16 percent, respectively. Longtime leader Yahoo! attracted the largest unique audience, garnering nearly 104 million unique visitors during the month, and growing ten percent year-over-year.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3107336

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PRNewswire -- Dec. 21

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