PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Tuesday, October 24, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Tuesday, October 24, 2006

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NEWSWEEK POLL: Majority Wants Dems to Win Congress; 31 Percent of White Evangelicals Would Vote for Democratic Candidate in Their District

With just over two weeks before midterm elections, a majority of Americans, 55 percent, tell Newsweek that they would most like to see the Democrats take control of Congress; 32 percent would rather see Republicans keep control.

If the elections were held today, 55 percent of likely voters would vote for the Democratic candidate in their district, versus 37 percent who would vote for the Republican. When broken down by voting blocs, 60 percent of white Evangelicals say they would support the Republican candidate, while 31 percent would back the Democrat. That compares to exit polls after the 2004 elections that found Republican Congressional candidates carried white Evangelicals over Democrats, 74 percent to 25 percent. Similarly, Democrats now lead among white Catholics, a group that went for President George W Bush in the 2004 presidential election. Now 44 percent of white Catholics plan to vote Democratic for Congress versus 42 percent who plan to vote Republican. Among Independents, 44 percent support the Democrat in their district, while 34 percent support the Republican, according to the new Newsweek Poll.

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One-Third of College Upperclassmen Admit Being Financially Unprepared as Freshmen

A new Harris Poll finds that nearly one-third of college students, when thinking about their freshman year, admit that they were "not at all" or "not very well prepared" for managing their money on campus. Only one in five students claims to have been "very well prepared" for managing their money on campus. Three-quarters admit to having made mistakes with their money when they arrived on campus, and the biggest mistakes were overspending on food, entertainment and putting too many purchases on their credit card. When asked how closely they tracked where their money was being spent, nearly two in five claim they had tracked their spending "very closely" while fewer say they tracked their spending "not at all closely" or "not very closely."

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National Leadership Survey Reveals Deep-Seated Public Dissatisfaction With America's Leaders

How are America's leaders measuring up to the immense challenges they face? Not very well, according to the results of a new study commissioned by U-S News and World Report and the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. The Second annual National Leadership Index reflects a broad dissatisfaction with America's leaders and a growing concern that most of them are too consumed by politics and not in touch with average people.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3321088

Sugarland To Perform During Game Four of 2006 World Series

Mercury recording artists Sugarland will perform 'God Bless America' on October 25th during Game Four of the 2006 World Series at Busch Stadium in St. Louis. The song will be broadcast live on Fox during the seventh inning stretch.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=3321230

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PRNewswire -- Oct. 24

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