PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Tuesday, November 14, 2006

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Tuesday, November 14, 2006

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The New Oxford American Dictionary Announces the Word of the Year: 'Carbon Neutral'

What do Al Gore, Rupert Murdoch, and the Rolling Stones have in common? They are all advocates of being "carbon neutral," the New Oxford American Dictionary's Word of the Year for 2006. Being carbon neutral involves calculating your total climate-damaging carbon emissions (your "carbon footprint"), reducing them where possible, and then balancing your remaining emissions, often by purchasing a carbon offset: paying to plant new trees or investing in "green" technologies such as solar and wind power.

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In the Black: Who's Planning to Shop on Retail's Brightest Day of the Year?

Maritz(R) Poll also reveals holiday shopping destinations

A recent Maritz Poll found that approximately one in three shoppers (34 percent) plan to shop in stores on the day after Thanksgiving, while 61 percent of respondents polled avoid Black Friday. Of those shunning one of the busiest shopping days of the year, 10 percent used words like "crazy," "madhouse," "hectic" and "insane" to describe the experience.

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Higher Pay for Holiday Jobs Expected This Year, CareerBuilder.com Survey Finds

CareerBuilder.com Releases Hot Spots for Holiday Jobs and Tips for Landing One

Need a little extra spending money for the holidays? Twenty-three percent of hiring managers say they are recruiting for holiday positions, according to a recent CareerBuilder.com survey. Nearly one-in-four expect to pay their seasonal hires more than last year, with 37 percent offering $10 or more per hour. The CareerBuilder.com survey, "Holiday Jobs," was completed in September and included 1,150 hiring managers nationwide.

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Latest Lifetime Women's Pulse Poll Finds 67 Percent of Women Admit Spying on Their Partners While 58 Percent Said They 'Snooped' on Their Children

Seventy-Six Percent Believe Women are More Trusting; More Than 90 Percent Say Heather Locklear and Whitney Houston Were Right to Snoop on Their Husbands

How much do you trust your loved ones? That depends, according to the provocative results of the latest Lifetime Women's Pulse Poll* on "snooping." The survey found a majority of women (67 percent) admitted spying on their partners, generally fueled by suspicions of infidelity, while 58 percent said they've investigated their children's behavior -- primarily from fear their kids were involved with drugs. Only 15 percent had the guts to spy on their boss. But in the "be careful what you wish for" category, nearly half of all snoopers (43 percent) discovered something they later regretted learning.

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Fantasia Turns Up the Heat With Her Self Titled Album, FANTASIA, Due in Stores on December 12th

'Hood Boy' is the first new single, featuring Big Boi of OutKast

The season's most eagerly anticipated new album will arrive in stores on December 12th, as award-winning 22-year old J-19 recording artist Fantasia completes her second album FANTASIA. The long-awaited new album follows-up her R-I-A-A platinum debut of November 2004, Free Yourself, containing "I Believe" -- the first time in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 that an artist debuted at #1 with her first solo record -- which forever solidified the former American Idol champion's career.

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PRNewswire -- Nov. 14

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