PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Monday, October 9, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Monday, October 9, 2006

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African American Teen Unemployment Jumps 12% - Seven Times the National Average

Minimum Wage Hike Would Destroy Entry-Level Jobs and Make It Even Harder for Teens to Find Work, Says Employment Policies Institute

While the nation's unemployment rate decreased slightly in September to 4.6%, the unemployment rate among African American teens shot up 12% to the shockingly high rate of 32.2%, according to the Labor Department's September jobs report. The Employment Policies Institute (EPI) warns voters in Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, Missouri, Montana, and Nevada -- who will vote on minimum wage hike ballot initiatives in November -- that raising the minimum wage will destroy entry-level jobs and make it even harder for African American teens to find work.

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Jon Bon Jovi Featured in Campaign for New Kenneth Cole Fragrance - R.S.V.P.

Proceeds To Benefit The Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation In Continuation of Jon Bon Jovi & Kenneth Cole's Joint Efforts to Fight Homelessness

Kenneth Cole Fragrances announced today that Jon Bon Jovi will appear in the campaign to introduce their new fragrance, R.S.V.P. It will be available at Kenneth Cole New York retail stores and select Saks Fifth Avenue stores beginning November 2006, and other department stores January 2007. The fragrance will be part of an ongoing collaboration between Kenneth Cole and Jon Bon Jovi to raise awareness about homeless issues. R.S.V.P. is the latest offering from Kenneth Cole Fragrances, which includes the top-selling Kenneth Cole Black and Kenneth Cole Reaction

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About Three-Quarters of U.S. Adults Say They Currently Subscribe to Wireless Telephone Service, According to Survey by Harris Interactive

Cell phone is primary means of communication for one-fourth of all users

Three-quarters (74%) of U.S. adults say they currently subscribe to wireless (cell or mobile) telephone service, more than those who say they currently subscribe to wireline (landline) service (58%). About one-quarter (24%) of cell phone users consider the cell phone their primary means of communication, and two in five (41%) say their cell phone provides them with a sense of personal security.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3309524 .

Movie Viewers Can't Shake Scary Scenes

Close to 60 percent of movie viewers are unable to get scary images out of their minds after watching a horror film, according to a survey by Blockbuster(R). Leading the list of most haunting scenes is the dead girl Samara crawling out of the television in "The Ring." Other top terrifiers include Hannibal Lecter dining on Ray Liotta's brains while he's still alive in "Hannibal" and the upside down spider walk by the possessed Regan in "The Exorcist." http://www.blockbuster.com/ .

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