PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Tuesday, June 6, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Tuesday, June 6, 2006

Jolie-Pitt Baby Pictures Will Raise Funds for Charity

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have announced that images from an exclusive photo shoot of their newborn daughter will raise funds in support charitable causes. The photos will be licensed to media worldwide by Getty Images, which will derive no profits from the sale of the photos.

Jolie and Pitt said in a statement, "While we celebrate the joy of the birth of our daughter, we recognize that two million babies born every year in the developing world die on the first day of their lives. These mothers and children can be saved, but only if governments around the world make it a priority."

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Soap Opera Star Searches for Lost Dog

"Days of Our Lives" star Alison Sweeney and her husband, David Sanov, have turned to the Internet to search for their lost dog, Paco.

The couple has enlisted the lost and found dog website, Fido Finder, to assist in searching for the lost Chihuahua. Paco, a fawn-colored, short-haired Chihuahua snuck out the front door of the star's home in Hollywood Hills, California.

Paco is a four-year-old male and weighs only four pounds. The couple has posted lost dog posters and scoured the neighborhood, but has not been able to find the missing dog. The couple hopes that Fido Finder will be Paco's ticket home.

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More Than Half of Americans Feel U.S. Energy Problems Won't Be Solved In Their Lifetime, Says RBC Capital Markets Survey

Although most Americans support increased energy conservation measures and alternatives, 53 per cent do not think a solution to the country's energy problems will be found in their lifetime and nearly 80 per cent reject the suggestion that high energy costs are temporary and will go away. That's according to a nationwide survey of one-thousand Americans released by R-B-C Capital Markets.

The survey, released in conjunction with R-B-C Capital Markets' annual Energy Conference in Boston, also found that consumers want more immediate measures to address the country's energy issues and are open to change to protect the environment.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3225265

Fewer Than One in Five U.S. Gulf and East Coast Residents Feel 'Very Prepared'for Hurricane or Flood According to Survey

Following the most devastating hurricane season in U-S history, only 18 percent of adult residents living in the U.S. Gulf and Southern East Coast states, from Texas to Delaware, say their family is "very prepared" for a natural disaster, such as a hurricane or flood, according to a recent survey commissioned by The Home Depot and the American Red Cross as part of a three-year partnership to increase preparedness. The survey was conducted by Harris Interactive.

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PRNewswire -- June 6

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