PR Newswire Broadcast Minute & Podcast for Wednesday, January 24, 2007

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute & Podcast for Wednesday, January 24, 2007

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Gwen Stefani Officially Announces 40 Date Concert Tour: The Sweet Escape Tour Presented By Verizon

With a hit album in stores and a brand new single at the top of the charts, dates were officially announced for Gwen Stefani's highly-anticipated The Sweet Escape Tour presented by Verizon. Her most ambitious North American tour to date, Gwen's 40 stop trek kicks off on April 22nd at Coors Amphitheatre in San Diego, California, and concludes on June 23rd at Irvine, California's Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Tickets go on sale nationwide on Saturday, February 10th. The Sweet Escape Tour is produced by Live Nation. Joining Gwen on tour is the platinum-selling singer Akon, who also sings on and produced her new hit single "The Sweet Escape." Rounding out the bill is British MC Lady Sovereign.

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New England-Indianapolis is Most Watched AFC Championship Game in More Than 20 Years

C-B-S Sports' coverage of the A-F-C Championship Game featuring the New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, January, 21, averaged 46 point 7 million viewers, up twenty percent from 39 million in 2006 and up five percent from 2005's 44 point 3 million. Sunday's 46 point 7 million was the highest number of average viewers for the A-F-C Championship Game since New England-Miami on N-B-C in 1986 which had 47 point 5 million. The 46 point 7 million viewers for this year's A-F-C Championship Game was the most-watched non-Super Bowl program since the series finale of "Friends" on N-B-C.

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Possible Link Between Oral Health and Heart Health, From the Harvard Heart Letter

The billions of bacteria and other microscopic critters that live in the mouth unquestionably influence the health of teeth and gums. But do they also cause problems for the heart and blood vessels? And can improving oral health prevent cardiovascular problems? The notion that problems in the mouth cause diseases elsewhere in the body makes sense but has been difficult to prove, explains the Harvard Heart Letter. Scientists are exploring several mechanisms that may connect the two processes. In people with periodontitis, chewing and toothbrushing release bacteria into the bloodstream. Several species of bacteria that cause periodontitis have been found in the atherosclerotic plaque in arteries in the heart and elsewhere. This plaque can lead to heart attack.

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America Tops 11 Countries in Retirement Savings

The U-S leads the world in saving for retirement according to a global retirement survey by AXA Equitable. U-S workers save on average 696-dollars a month for retirement, more than double the amount saved by workers in Germany, Italy and France, and nearly 10 times the amount saved by workers in China. Eight of 10 working Americans surveyed have already started saving for retirement. Americans are well positioned when it comes to retirement. Out of 11 countries surveyed, with more than six thousand, nine hundred respondents, U-S retirees are happiest, travel the most, receive the highest income, save the most for retirement, have the highest percentage of home ownership and believe they have the best financial situation.

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PRNewswire -- Jan. 24

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