PR Newswire Broadcast Minute & Podcast for Tuesday, May 8, 2007

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute & Podcast for Tuesday, May 8, 2007

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Dick Cheney is Unpopular - But Only Minorities of Adults Share the Views of His Strongest Critics

Vice President Dick Cheney is not exactly popular. A recent Harris Poll reported that only 25 percent of the public gave him positive ratings while fully 68 percent rated him negatively. However, a new Harris Poll shows that most people do not agree with his critics who think he is too powerful or that he is a bad influence on President George W. Bush.

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Aviation Growth Hits All-Time High

The global airline industry shows no sign of reducing its activities, with a five percent increase in the number of flights scheduled for May 2007 compared with the same month last year. According to the latest statistics from O-A-G, the world's authority on flight information, this represents an additional 113,827 flights and 17 point 7 million more seats available to travellers.

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Cities Ranked & Rated Declares a Surprising List of Top U.S. Cities to Live in

Ask people which city they consider to be the best in the U-S and Gainesville, Florida, probably isn't going to be the first place that comes to mind. But Gainesville is the surprising number-one city in the newly published Cities Ranked & Rated, 2nd Edition written by Bert Sperling and Peter Sander and published by Frommer's. Close on its heels are Bellingham, Washington in the number- two slot; Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Oregon-Washington as number three; Colorado Springs, Colorado as number four; Ann Arbor, Michigan as number five; Ogden-Clearfield, Utah as number six; Asheville, North Carolina as number seven; Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado as number eight; San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California as number nine; and, rounding out the top 10, Boise City-Nampa, Idaho.

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Spider-Man(TM) 3 Makes Motion Picture History With Record-Breaking $382 Million Worldwide

The world's moviegoers were caught in the web of Columbia Pictures' Spider-Man 3 at the global box office this weekend as the film grossed 382 million dollars worldwide, the highest opening ever in motion picture history. This was announced by Jeff Blake, vice chairman, Sony Pictures Entertainment. Of that, 231 million dollars was tallied from international ticket sales, with 151 million dollars coming from the film's record-setting debut in North America. Playing in 4,252 domestic locations, the film took in an average of 35,540 dollars per screen. The film also unspooled at more than 8,900 locations abroad.

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