PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Friday, June 30, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Friday, June 30, 2006

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Leave the Fireworks and Lighters at Home This July Fourth

In anticipation of the Fourth of July holiday, the Transportation Security Administration reminds travelers that fireworks -- including sparklers and bottle rockets -- are prohibited in checked baggage and from passing through security checkpoints.

Other common prohibited items include firearms, knives, pocketknives, lighters and box cutters. T-S-A security officers continue to intercept over 30-thousand lighters a day nationwide, which results in delays for every passenger at the security checkpoint. Bringing prohibited items to the checkpoint can result in a fine of up to ten-thousand dollars and possible arrest and imprisonment.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3243585

Welcome Juan ... National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia Handpicks Successor to Beloved Icon

In a bold yet smooth move, the National Federation of Coffee Growers of Colombia has announced it has handpicked a successor to carry on the tradition of Juan Valdez, the dapper, yet self-effacing front man for Colombia's coffee growers. The new face of Juan, along with his mule Conchita, will once again travel the world extolling the virtues of handpicked one-hundred-percent Colombian coffee and the demanding commitment to quality and environmental stewardship it takes to grow the "richest coffee in the world."

His name is Carlos Castaneda, a humble grower or "cafetero" from a long family tradition of cultivating coffee in a small village fittingly named Andes. Like the Juan Valdezes before him, Carlos Castaneda will serve as Colombia's iconic coffee ambassador to the world.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3243463

Portable MP3 Player Ownership Reaches New High -- One in Five Americans Aged 12 and Older Owns a Portable MP3 Player: Ipsos Research

A new study by global market research firm Ipsos indicates that as many as one in five Americans over the age of 12 now own portable M-P-three Players and one in 20 own more than one. And interest in viewing music videos, photos, T-V shows and even full-length movies from these devices is especially strong among younger consumers who have experience downloading music.

New findings released show that 20 percent of Americans aged 12 and older now own a portable M-P-three player. This marks a significant increase over ownership levels found one year ago and nearly double the proportion of owners found in April 2003. And in a sign that not only new buyers are driving this trend, six percent of Americans own more than one portable M-P-three player.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3243095

More Americans Know That The Dixie Chicks Have a #1 Hit Than the Name of the US Secretary of Defense

64 percent of Americans could identify the Dixie Chicks as the Country music group with a number one hit album while only 46 percent of Americans knew that Donald Rumsfeld is the United States Secretary of Defense. More participants also knew that Jennifer Aniston is dating Vince Vaughn than knew that former Vice President Al Gore's new movie, "An Inconvenient Truth" is about global warming. These results are part of a recent V-H-one telephone poll measuring 18-49 year olds' knowledge of pop culture and hard news.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3243631

Families of Flight 93 Receives an Additional $250,000 from Universal Pictures

The Families of Flight 93 have announced that Universal Pictures has continued its support of the Flight 93 National Memorial with a contribution of 250-thousand dollars. The news accompanies the announcement of Universal Studios Home Entertainment's release of "United 93" on D-V-D on September fifth. The contribution will support the Flight 93 National Memorial project, established to build a national park honoring the passengers and crew of Flight 93 who lost their lives on September eleventh, 2001, saving countless lives on the ground.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3243409

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PRNewswire/ -- June 30

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