Newstream.com Digest: The Most Patriotic Car in America, RCA VPORT for Enhanced Xbox Gaming, MoMA Moves to Queens, and Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists
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'All Work and No Pay?' -- New U.S. Poll Shows More Americans Taking
Their Work Home
The proliferation of employer-required cell phones, pagers, laptops, PCs, and other wonders of a modern mobile-workplace are to credit -- or blame -- for the fact that half of Americans now say that they take their work home. The survey also found that 21 percent of workers surveyed said that their employer's compensation policies for working outside the office "take advantage" of them.
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Food Experts Say Acrylamide Data Doesn't Warrant Dietary Changes
The World Health Organization (WHO) has just concluded a three-day Consultation in Geneva, Switzerland, to consider what, if any, health consequences might result from the presence of small amounts of acrylamide in a wide range of foods. Video will be available Thursday afternoon.
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Superstar Monica Selects Self-Titled Album 'Monica' to Reflect
Coming-of-Age Album Which She Co-Wrote
For the first time in her career -- which started at age 13 -- Monica thrust herself completely into the entire creative process, co-writing the set of songs that are at once honest, real and extremely personal to her. The album will hit stores on August 20.
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Stanadyne Fuel Manager(R) Diesel Fuel Filtration System Keeps Winning
More OEM Customers
Stanadyne Corporation's highly efficient, versatile and easily maintained Fuel Manager(R) diesel fuel filter/water separator system now counts 41 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) among its customers in North America and Europe, the company announced June 27.
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Rev Your Engines This 4th of July as the Search Is on for the Most
Patriotic Car in America
This summer Americans are showing off their patriotism in a big way! They are gearing up by wearing red, white and blue, waving the flag and in some cases putting their pride in motion -- literally! Car owners from coast to coast are getting ready to celebrate the 4th of July by vying for the chance to win the title of the Most Patriotic Car in America and a $10,000 U.S. Savings Bond in a national contest hosted by Old Navy. Get video here.
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New RCA TVs Add Enhanced Video Performance for Xbox Gaming
Under a two-year exclusive arrangement, Thomson (Euronext:18453) is introducing a line of 11 analog TV sets that incorporate the innovative RCA VPORT connection. The VPORT enables the televisions to deliver dramatically improved picture detail for Xbox functions and will be easily identified by the "Xbox Ready" logo on the front of the TV.
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Study Shows That OMNI Causes Significantly Fewer Tumors In Mice Than
Leading Cigarette Brand
Vector Group Ltd. announced today that its reduced carcinogen cigarette, Omni, produced significantly fewer skin tumors in laboratory mice than the leading national brand in the Dermal Tumor Induction (or "Skin Painting") test, according to preliminary results.
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Fort Lauderdale's Newest Luxury Hotel Is Also Its Oldest
The charm and elegance of old Fort Lauderdale meld seamlessly with the style of sophistication of downtown's trendy Las Olas Boulevard at the newly expanded and renovated Riverside Hotel.
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Overture Expands to Japan, France
Overture Services Inc., , the world's leading provider of Pay-For-Performance search to Web sites across the Internet, today announced that it will expand its successful paid search service to Japan, the world's second largest Internet market, in the first quarter of 2003. The company also said it will enter France in the third quarter of 2002.
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Hearst Magazines And Lifetime Entertainment Services Partner To
Launch Lifetime Magazine In 2003
Lifetime Entertainment Services -- jointly owned by The Hearst Corporation and The Walt Disney Company -- and Hearst Magazines today announced that they will introduce a new women's magazine under the LIFETIME television brand. LIFETIME is the #1 cable television network in primetime and the leader in women's television, and Hearst Magazines reaches more women than any publisher of monthly magazines.
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American Healthways Recognized On Capitol Hill As First Company To
Receive NCQA Disease Management Accreditation
At a Capitol Hill briefing with Rep. Nancy L. Johnson (R-Conn.) today, American Healthways was acknowledged as the first recipient of NCQA certification for its disease management programs. Also participating in the briefing were representatives from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) and the Disease Management Association of America (DMAA).
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MoMA Moves: New York's Museum of Modern Art Opens in a Stunning
Temporary Location in Queens
What do the New York Mets, the US Open and LaGuardia Airport have in common with world-renowned artists Pablo Picasso and Vincent Van Gogh? They all reside in New York's newest cultural hot-spot -- Queens. After spending 70-years under the same roof in midtown Manhattan, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is taking its world-renowned collection of 100,000 works and moving on over to Queens. Get video here.
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A Message for Women: Reflect on Your Health, Strength and Well-being
According to the latest census reports, there are 140 million girls and women who live in the U.S., and the majority of them are considered to be of reproductive age (between the ages of 15 and 44). Nearly a quarter of the nation's women are uninsured and many of these women depend on Planned Parenthood for vital reproductive health care. See the "What Do I Know About Me?" PSA here.
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Getting More Bang For Your Fuel Buck
As Americans take to the road in record numbers for their vacations this summer, half of them are driving SUVs and pickup trucks. But America's love affair with bigger and bigger vehicles is not only putting a dent in their wallets, it's increasing the country's dependence on foreign oil. But there is an alternative, as we hear from Brian Osuch.
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And the 'Wendy' Goes to...
Move over Tony, Emmy and Oscar, and make room for New York's newest award -- The "Wendy." Wendy Kaufman, affectionately known as "The Snapple Lady," is set to tour the Big Apple (where she originally hails from) this summer in her signature yellow Cadillac to hand out the inaugural "Wendy" awards -- free ice-cold Snapple -- to thirsty New Yorkers everywhere.
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International SOS Appoints E. Alan Platt as Vice President -- Global
Security & Intelligence
E. Alan Platt, an honored, two-decade veteran of the United States' government intelligence services, has been named vice president of global security and intelligence for International SOS, the world's leading medical and security assistance company.
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