PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Friday, February 17, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Friday, February 17, 2006

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Men and Women Differ in Opinion When It Comes to Driving Abilities But Share Views on Bad Weather Driving According to Chrysler Group Survey

Men and women don't see eye to eye when it comes to rating the driving skills of their significant others, according to a Chrysler Group "Bad Weather Driving" survey that polled more than one thousand adults and revealed an overwhelming sixty-eight percent of men claim to be better drivers than their significant others.

Forty-nine percent of women, on the other hand, think they are as equally skilled at driving as their male counterparts and more than one in four women (twenty-six percent) say they are better drivers than their significant others.

Even though men and women rate their driving abilities very differently, both genders have the same opinion about driving in bad weather conditions. Eighty-four percent of men and eighty-six percent of women identified icy roads and pouring rain as the two most difficult weather conditions for driving.

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'State of the Union' Address Does Not Raise President Bush's Job Approval Rating, According to Latest Harris Poll

Any benefit President Bush may have gained from his State of the Union speech did not last long enough to be measured in the latest Harris Poll, as forty percent of U-S adults rate his job performance positively, and fifty- eight percent rate it negatively. These figures are slightly less positive compared to the January pre-speech measure of his job performance, for which his rating was forty-three percent positive and fifty-six percent negative.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3145076

Kelly Clarkson and Canadian Idol Competitors Earn Nine Nominations for Canada's Music Awards

Fresh from her two wins at The 48th Annual Grammy Awards, Kelly Clarkson has received an International Album of the Year nomination for Canada's Music Awards. The Idol brand's penetration into the mainstream music scene was further reinforced when four Canadian Idol finalists received eight nominations in addition to Clarkson's for The JUNO Awards, Canada's Music Awards.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3145157

NASA Honors Legendary Journalist Walter Cronkite

NASA is honoring Walter Cronkite for his coverage of America's space program with the presentation of the Ambassador of Exploration Award. NASA is presenting the Ambassador of Exploration Award to the thirty-eight astronauts and other key individuals who participated in the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs for realizing America's vision of space exploration from 1961 to 1972. Cronkite is the first non-astronaut and only non-NASA individual to receive the award.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3144760

Powerball Jackpot Reaches New Record $365 Million!

The estimated Powerball jackpot for Saturday evening has not only reached a new Powerball record, but also a new world record lottery amount of three hundred sixty-five million dollars!

The cash option for the Saturday, February 18th drawing will be an estimated one hundred seventy-seven-point-three million dollars.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3144765

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PRNewswire -- Feb. 17

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