PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Wednesday, April 18, 2007

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute and Podcast for Wednesday, April 18, 2007

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Obama, Giuliani Lead Pack in Race for President Among 18-24 Year-Olds, Harvard Poll Finds

A new national poll by Harvard University's Institute of Politics (IOP), located at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, finds former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Senator Barack Obama as 18-24 year-olds' first choices for President in 2008 among likely young voters of both parties. Regarding the mood of the country, less than one-third (31%) of young people say they approve of the job George W. Bush is doing as President, and nearly six in ten young people (59%) believe the country is "off on the wrong track" while only thirteen percent (13%) believe the country is headed in the "right direction." On issues facing the nation, half of young people today (50%) say that either "Iraq," "the War," the "War on Terror" or "domestic security" is the most concerning national issue, with no other issue registering higher than six percent (6%).

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Not Just Idle Chatter: American Idol Most Talked-About TV Program at Work

American Idol is the most talked-about television program in the workplace for the second consecutive year, according to the latest Spherion Workplace Snapshot survey conducted by Harris Interactive. Thirty-seven percent of U.S. workers named American Idol as the TV program discussed most often in the workplace, up from 35 percent in 2006. Nearly one-quarter (21 percent) admit discussing the popular TV show during company time, and 10 percent of workers have engaged in debates over the contestants on American Idol. Grey's Anatomy ranked second with 17 percent of respondents discussing the program at work.

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The Search for the New Menudo Is on; National Casting Comes to New York on April 28th

Want to be part of the legacy that released 32 albums and sold over 20,000,000 records worldwide and sold out Radio City Music Hall for 13 consecutive nights? The search to recreate Menudo, one of the biggest and most successful Latin pop singing group comes to New York on April 28th. The casting sessions kicked off in Los Angeles and additional castings will take place in Dallas and New York through the end of April. The NY audition will be on Saturday, April 28 from 11- 4pm at the Queens Center Mall in Elmhurst.

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