PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, August 11, 2008

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, August 11, 2008

Space Station Invaded by Students from Outer Space Base

Arizona kids and teens are set to blast their local libraries into orbit after completing Outer Space Base, a library series of space science programs in Tucson. Nine- to thirteen-year-olds will participate in a live educational downlink with Expedition 17 astronaut Greg Chamitoff aboard the International Space Station on Friday, Aug. 15. The Pima County Public Library is the first public library system to host a space station downlink. The downlink also will be a first for the State of Arizona. Outer Space Base programs are the product of a partnership between the library, NASA, the Lunar and Planetary Institute, and the Mars Education Program at Arizona State University, in Phoenix.

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Favre Jets Jersey Sets Daily Record for NFLShop.com Sales

GSI Commerce Inc., the National Football League's partner in managing and operating NFL Shop, reported more than sixty-five hundred Brett Favre New York Jets jerseys were sold online at NFLShop.com on Thursday. This achievement marks a single-day sales record for an NFL player's jersey on NFLShop.com, breaking the previous record when nearly nine hundred Tony Romo jerseys were sold on November 11, 2007. NFLShop.com went live with the Favre Jets jersey and other select Jets merchandise just after 6:00 AM on Thursday, less than five hours after the Green Bay Packers announced Favre's trade to the Jets on Wednesday.

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Voters Say Paris Hilton's Political Ad Will Help Her Reputation after Viewing Ad

Results of a national focus group conducted among 311 self-reported Democrats, Republicans and Independents revealed that a majority in all parties believe that Paris Hilton's new political ad will help her reputation. The study was conducted by HCD Research to obtain Americans' perceptions of a new ad by Paris Hilton, in which she mocks a recent ad by John McCain that features her and Britney Spears.

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Ozzy Osbourne to Headline Virtual OZZfest Lineup in Guitar Hero(R) World Tour

Ozzy Osbourne -- who has sold over 100 million records worldwide in his four decade career -- will be playing to a new audience this fall as he makes his videogame debut in Activision Publishing, Inc.'s Guitar Hero World Tour. Budding rockstars around the world will have the opportunity to live out their ultimate fantasy on the virtual OZZFest stage, playing as Ozzy, or alongside him. OZZFest, now it its 13th year, has also been created digitally as an in-game venue exclusively for Guitar Hero World Tour.

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