PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Friday, December 30, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Friday, December 30, 2005

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Sizeable Minorities Still Believe Saddam Hussein Had Strong Links to Al Qaeda, Helped Plan 9/11 and Had Weapons of Mass Destruction

More than four years after the attacks of September 11th, 2001, many U-S adults still believe some of the justifications for the invasion of Iraq, which have now been discredited, according to a new Harris Poll. For example, forty-one percent of U-S adults believe that Saddam Hussein had strong links to Al Qaeda. Twenty-two percent of adults believe that Saddam Hussein helped plan and support the hijackers who attacked the United States on September 11th. Twenty-six percent of adults believe that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the U-S invaded, and twenty-four percent of all adults believe that several of the hijackers who attacked the United States on September 11th were Iraqis. However, all of these beliefs and others have declined sharply since the questions were asked in February 2005.

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9 Percent of Adolescents Experienced a Major Depressive Episode in the Past Year, Survey Finds

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration says about two-point-two million adolescents ages twelve to seventeen experienced at least one major depressive episode in the past year. These adolescents were more than twice as likely to have used illicit drugs in the past month than their peers who had not experienced a major depressive episode.

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Get a Better Sex Life in the New Year

How many people have vowed to get a better sex life this New Year? Or perhaps just get more sleep in the New Year? According to Dr. Michael Gelb, one of the nation's leading specialists in sleep apnea and snoring, people who snore have less active sex lives than those who don't. Out of more than one thousand men and women surveyed, eighty-one percent of the partners of snorers said they don't get a good night's sleep and are constantly tired, making them less likely to have the energy for intimacy.

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Myvesta Survey Shows Americans Paring Down Credit Card Debt

According to the annual Credit Card Survey conducted by Myvesta, a nonprofit consumer education organization, the average amount of credit card debt carried by individuals has declined by eleven-point-four percent. The average American is now carrying two thousand three hundred twenty eight dollars in credit card debt, down from two thousand six hundred twenty seven dollars in 2004. Individuals also haven't added any new credit cards to their wallets in the past year. Americans still hold an average of two-point-nine cards each, the same as in 2004.

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PRNewswire -- Dec. 30

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