Newstream.com Digest: Stopping Car Thefts, New Study Evaluates Valtrex Suppressive Therapy for HSV-2, `Dare To Diva' With Hasbro's e-kara And Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists
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Stopping Car Thefts
Across the U.S., a car is stolen every 27 seconds, costing drivers almost $8.5 billion a year. The trend is getting worse, as car theft is up almost six percent nationwide -- and up even higher in some cities. This amounts to more than 1.3 million stolen cars each year. Get video now.
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New Study Evaluates Suppressive Therapy With Valtrex(R) Caplets
Recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate more than one million new infections of HSV-2 occur yearly in the United States.
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Making Your Child's Birthday Party a Blow Out Bash Instead of a
Budget Buster
Kids love it when their birthday is a blowout bash! Always competing with their friends and trying to one-up last year's festivities can be exhausting, not to mention expensive. So what's a parent to do to make sure their child's party is a hit without making it a budget-buster? Well, the experts say the best way to get the party started is to get the kids involved. A video report from General Mills .
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Not All Breast Cancers Are Created Equal
Several years ago, women with HER2 positive, metastatic breast cancer were told to "put their affairs in order" as their life expectancy was limited. Today, many of those women are being treated with the first therapy targeted to eliminate the specific growth factor that makes their kind of breast cancer so fatal. Radio News Feature.
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Jamie Lynn Spears Takes Center Stage With Hasbro's e-kara at a Toys
"R" Us Times Square 'Dare To Diva' Party
Jamie Lynn Spears, the newest cast member of Nickelodeon's All That, introduces the new e-kara Real Karaoke PRO Headset from Hasbro Inc. at a "Dare to Diva" party at Toys "R" Us Times Square. Spears, the aspiring actress and singer, stars in the new e-kara TV campaign, to be shown for the first time during the event.
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Anadarko to Acquire Howell Corporation; Move Expands Anadarko's
Wyoming Oil Production
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Houston-based Howell Corporation in a cash merger in which Howell's common stockholders are to receive $20.75 per share and holders of Howell's $3.50 convertible preferred stock are to receive $76.15 per share. The value of the acquisition is approximately $265 million, including Howell's bank debt, which is anticipated to be about $65 million at closing.
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California Micro Devices Premiers High-Frequency EMI Protection
for PC Parallel Port
California Micro Devices announced that it has introduced the PACZIG1284, the first device to protect parallel ports against electro-magnetic interference (EMI) in PCs with frequencies from 100 MHz to 3 GHz. The new device also provides termination and protects parallel ports with the industry's highest level of electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection.
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Conexant Expands Video Processing Product Portfolio With Introduction
of a Low Power MPEG-2 Audio/Video Encoder
The CX23416 incorporates the functionality of up to three different chips in a single device, enabling manufacturers to improve video quality while simplifying designs and reducing manufacturing costs.
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Mace Introduces Its New 2.4 GHz Wireless Audio and Video System
Mace Security International Inc. ("Mace") , a leading manufacturer and marketer of security products and provider of car care services, announced on Sept. 30, 2002, that it has introduced a new advanced 2.4 GHz wireless audio and video monitoring system developed by its Mace Security Products Division.
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Snap-on(R) and SUN(R) Products Receive Awards for Innovation,
Technological Advancements
Snap-on Incorporated, dedicated to creating forward-looking products that improve the productivity of professional tool and equipment users, is receiving international recognition for innovative Snap-on(R) and SUN(R) product successes. Two Snap-on products, the MODIS(tm) system and the lighted test lead, are being recognized for providing technicians with productivity-enhancing benefits in the 2002 MOTOR Magazine's Top 20 Tools Awards.
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Tongue-Gifted Test Talents in Lick-Off Competition
Hundreds of local residents of Lizard Lick vied for victory in the world's first "Clash of the Tongues" competition. The competition was lead by Yoshi(R), the video game industry's most famous long-tongued dinosaur. Yoshi realized his life-long wish to join his distant Lizard Lick cousins and their talented tongues in celebration of the release of his newest game, Yoshi's Island(tm): Super Mario(R) Advance 3 for Game Boy(R) Advance.
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The Phoenix Companies, Inc. Announces Management Succession
Robert W. Fiondella, chairman and chief executive officer of The Phoenix Companies Inc. , today announced that the Board of Directors, by unanimous vote, elected Dona D. Young, president and chief operating officer, to succeed him as chief executive officer of the company, effective Jan. 1, 2003. At that time, her title will be president and chief executive officer. Fiondella will remain chairman of the company through June 2003.
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