PR Newswire Broadcast Minute & Podcast for Thursday, January 17, 2008

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute & Podcast for Thursday, January 17, 2008

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2007 Was Tied as Earth's Second Warmest Year

Climatologists at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City have found that 2007 tied with 1998 for Earth's second warmest year in a century. Goddard Institute researchers used temperature data from weather stations on land, satellite measurements of sea ice temperature since 1982 and data from ships for earlier years. The greatest warming in 2007 occurred in the Arctic, and neighboring high latitude regions. Global warming has a larger affect in polar areas, as the loss of snow and ice leads to more open water, which absorbs more sunlight and warmth. Snow and ice reflect sunlight; when they disappear, so too does their ability to deflect warming rays. The large Arctic warm anomaly of 2007 is consistent with observations of record low geographic extent of Arctic sea ice in September 2007.

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Study Finds 80% of College Students Suffer Textbook Injuries

According to a startling new study, 80 percent of students say they sustained some form of injury from their textbooks. The study conducted by Zogby on behalf of CafeScribe.com, a web site that promotes electronic textbooks, comes just as students prepare to resume school. Many of the six hundred students surveyed reported potentially serious health issues as the result of buying, reading, carrying, or using a textbook. These issues included neck pain/strain and back pain/strain. Nearly half suffered eye strain.

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'Christina Aguilera: Back to Basics Tour: Live and Down Under' Makes Its U.S. Television Premiere on VH1, Saturday, January 26 at 10PM

Multi-platinum R-C-A recording artist Christina Aguilera took Sydney, Australia by storm when her "Back to Basics" world tour hit the Acer Arena for two shows in July 2007. This breathlessly energetic, dazzling live concert spectacular brought the house down-and the cameras were rolling there to catch it all. V-H-1 exclusively presents the U-S television premiere of, "Christina Aguilera: Back To Basics Tour: Live and Down Under" on Saturday, January 26 at 10P-M. The concert will be simulcast on Logo and M-H-D: Music High Definition. Premiering on V-H-1, this concert spectacular features incredible songs spanning the four-time Grammy Award-winning superstar's amazing career.

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New Spike TV Study Reveals Guys Don't Use Beer Goggles When Voting

If the Presidential Election were held tomorrow, 73 percent of Men 18-49 would vote for a woman, but only 56 percent of them would be likely to vote for Hillary Clinton. This is according to a political opinion poll conducted by Spike T-V. Alcohol seemingly would not play a factor in men's voting habits. Asked if they had had two drinks, only 6 percent of men 18-49 said they would be more likely to vote for a woman, while the majority would be just as likely. Nearly one-quarter said they would be less likely to vote for a woman. A similar pattern emerged when it came to voting for Hillary Clinton. After two drinks 9 percent of Men 18-49 said they would be more likely to vote for Clinton, while 58 percent were just as likely and 26 percent less likely to vote for her.

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