PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, February 22, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, February 22, 2006

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Seventeen Percent of Government Workers Plan to Look for a New Job in 2006, CareerBuilder.com Survey Finds

Nearly one-in-five government workers are dissatisfied with their current jobs and 17 percent say they plan to change jobs this year, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey. Workers cite increased workload, lack of effective leadership and dissatisfaction with pay as the leading factors influencing their decisions to look for new opportunities this year.

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Second Annual Kids Choice Awards CD Taps Kids' Favorite Artists Including Kelly Clarkson and Gwen Stefani

On March 14, Nick Records/SONY B-M-G Strategic Marketing Group will release 'Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice,' a compilation C-D featuring recent hit favorites from today's hottest teen and tween superstars. The album is set to come out in conjunction with the Nickelodeon's 19th Annual Kids' Choice Awards, which will air live on April first at 8pm Eastern Standard. Jack Black will host the high rated show, which honors kids' favorites from the worlds of film, music, sports and television. This year's Nickelodeon's 'Kids' Choice' C-D marks the second installment of the Kids' Choice music franchise. It features artists that kids voted as their favorites on Nick.com including Gwen Stefani, Kelly Clarkson, Ciara (see-are-ah) and Nick star Emma Roberts. The C- D also includes an exclusive live performance of Simple Plan's "Shut Up" as performed live on the 2005 Kids' Choice Awards.

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Bridal Spending Has Increased 100% Over Last 15 Years: 'American Wedding Study 2006' Reveals Average Wedding Now Tops $27,000

A new survey entitled "American Wedding Study 2006," conducted by The Conde Nast Bridal Group, reveals that the average amount spent on weddings has increased to twenty seven thousand, eight hundred and fifty two dollars, up nearly one hundred percent since 1990 when the average cost was fifteen thousand two hundred eight dollars. Over the last 15 years there has been a four hundred percent increase in the number of destination weddings; the number of weddings per year has increased by two hundred thousand since 2000.

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Celine Dion, Elton John and Jerry Seinfeld Join for Once-in-a-Lifetime Performance to Aid Hurricane-Affected Families

***Multimedia news release***

Three of the world's most popular entertainers -- Celine Dion, Elton John and special guest host Jerry Seinfeld -- came together for a one-night-only sold-out performance -- the Harrah's Entertainment Artists Rally Together Concert -- in The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on Monday, February 20th. The Presidents Day evening gala raised two point one million dollars for Harrah's Entertainment 's hurricane-affected employees in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region.

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PRNewswire -- Feb. 22

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