PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday March 30, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday March 30, 2006

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Duke May Not Be in the Final Four, but They Continue to be the Nation's Favorite College Basketball Team

This year, fans of the top five favorite college basketball teams are probably disappointed that their favorite will not be playing in the 2006 Final Four this weekend. For the fourth year in a row, Duke is the favorite college basketball team among those who follow college basketball. Their archrival, the University of North Carolina, comes in at number two, while last year's runners-up, the Fighting Illini of Illinois, drop down to third on the list. These are some of the results of a Harris Poll conducted online recently among a nationwide sample of twenty-four hundred U-S adults, seven hundred of whom follow college basketball.

Rounding out the top five favorite teams are the Buckeyes of Ohio State, and the Huskies of the University of Connecticut. The remaining teams on the top-10 list are Syracuse, Texas, U-C-L-A with Indiana and Villanova tied for ninth. In fact, only one school on the top ten list, U-C-L-A, will be playing this weekend for a chance to be National Champion.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3174139

New Wrigley Science Institute Established

Chewing gum tastes great and is a great way to freshen breath and improve oral health. In addition, there is promising research to suggest that chewing gum may offer some exciting additional health, wellness and lifestyle benefits. Wrigley, the world's leader in chewing gum, announced today the establishment of the Wrigley Science Institute to study whether chewing gum may help consumers as a tool in weight management, stress relief and increasing alertness and concentration.

Surinder Kumar, Wrigley's Chief Innovation Officer says the emerging science behind these benefits supports what he's heard anecdotally from consumers for years, and further study could substantially change the way people use gum as part of their everyday lives.

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Apple Provides Volume Limit Setting for iPod

Apple today announced a software update for the iPod Nano and fifth generation iPod, allowing customers to easily set their own personal maximum volume limit. The software update also gives parents the ability to set a maximum volume limit on their child's iPod and lock it with a combination code.

Greg Joswiak, Apple's vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing, says that as the leading provider of digital music players, Apple continuously brings iPod customers innovative and easy to use solutions. With the increased attention in this area, he wants to offer customers an easy to use option to set their own personal volume limit.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3173889

Got Dating Troubles? You're Not Alone! VH1 Gets to The Heart of The Problem With New Reality Series

For years, the loveless have been forced to wander the dating landscape aimless and alone, making the same mistakes over and over. Finally, that's about to change. Help is on the way in the form of V-H-One's new reality series "Can't Get a Date," which premieres Friday, April Seventh. Each episode of "Can't Get a Date" focuses on one romantically challenged subject with dating problems ranging from the painfully obvious, like foot fungus; to the obscure, a fear of bicycles for example; and the everyday, like being afraid to make the first move. The show's heard but never seen Host, strikes a dialogue with the lovelorn subject and, like a modern day Cyrano de Bergerac, offers advice and wisdom from behind the camera. The Host's perfect blend of humor, support and tough love quickly reveals the subject's real dating problems.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3174147

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PRNewswire -- March 30

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