PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday December 26, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday December 26, 2005

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What Do President Bush, Lindsay Lohan and Star Wars Have in Common? They Topped Ask Jeeves Search Categories in 2005

Ask Jeeves has released the list of 2005's most popular search queries on Ask.com. Ranging from the war in Iraq to Lindsay Lohan, Ask Jeeves users searched for pop culture icons, the latest in movies, and information on diseases and natural disasters. 2005 was also the year of the up-and-coming stars of music, television and the big screen, as two of the biggest stars in years past, Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears, fell out of the top ten on the celebrity chart.

Here's the complete top ten list of Ask Jeeves news searches:
1. President Bush 6. Britney Spears
2. Iraq 7. Natalee Holloway
3. Hurricane Katrina 8. American Idol
4. Tsunami 9. Xbox 360
5. Michael Jackson 10. Angelina Jolie

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3108903

Leftover Drugs Are a Prescription for Trouble, Says the Harvard Heart Letter

Resolving to clean out your medicine cabinet this year is a good idea. The Harvard Heart Letter reports that hanging onto unused medications can increase the chances of taking the wrong one, and old drugs can lose their potency. But have you ever thought about where the medicine will end up? Scientists are finding everything from aspirin to Zoloft in our streams, rivers, and lakes. The Harvard Heart Letter says the traditional advice has been to flush unused drugs down the toilet or put them in the trash, but neither is a good method. Drugs can kill helpful bacteria in septic systems and pass largely untouched through sewage treatment plants. Children and animals can get into drugs tossed in the trash, and once in landfills, drugs can trickle into groundwater. Regulations prohibit medication recycling. However, there are a few innovative drug disposal programs, in which citizens can drop off medications along with household hazardous waste, mail unused drugs to their state's Drug Enforcement Agency, or donate drugs to the needy.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3108800

E-LOAN Announces 'Top Five Year-End Personal Financing Tips'

E-LOAN has announced their "Top Five Year-End Tips" to help consumers find easy ways to save money as they get ready for the New Year. The first tip is to re-evaluate your home loans like you do your stock portfolio and make sure your current loans still make sense. Second, put a little something extra in your stocking by refinancing your auto loan. Third, if you are looking to buy a new car, why not take advantage of the surplus of slightly used cars and save thousands? Fourth, start a new holiday tradition by protecting your good name and fighting identity theft by ordering your free annual credit report and checking your credit score. Finally, save money by sending in your January mortgage payment now and paying your property taxes early.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3109514

Rodents Will Invade Millions of American Homes This Winter

To holiday enthusiasts mice are nothing more than a line in "The Night Before Christmas" but throughout the country rodents will be stirring this winter as they invade more than twenty-one million homes. According to Terminix Manager of Technical Services, Stoy Hedges, mice and rats live in nearly every environment in the world, and are commonly present in our yards and communities. He explained that unfortunately for homeowners, the lack of grains, seeds and plant life during the winter months often sends these pests into homes, apartments and other buildings in search of food. Rodents, like mice and rats, gain entry to homes and buildings through exterior openings. Rats can squeeze through openings as small as a quarter, and mice can slide through holes smaller than a dime. Rodents are also great climbers and can scale rough surfaces and vertical pipes to gain entry to buildings through vents and utility openings. This seasonal co-habitation between rodents and humans is potentially harmful as rodents can cause fires by gnawing through electrical wires. They are also known to carry more than two hundred human pathogens and are credited with biting more than forty-five thousand people annually.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3109562

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PRNewswire -- Dec. 26

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