Newstream.com Digest: `One Unwired Day' Offers Free Trial Wi-Fi Access; Digital Music Players, DVRs, LCD TVs Featured in Our Gift Guide; & Other Free Multimedia Content For Journalists
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Intel's "One Unwired Day" Offers Free Trial Wi-Fi Access Across the Country
From Hercules, Calif., to Braintree, Mass., from Carefree, Ariz. to Humble, Texas, today is "One Unwired Day" in large and small cities all across America. During today's nationwide event, Wi-Fi-equipped notebook PC users can enjoy a free trial of public wireless Internet access at more than 5,500 public Wi-Fi hotspot locations across the United States. Hotspots, most frequently found within hotels, restaurants, coffee bars, retail stores and airports, are places where people can tap into a wireless Internet connection with their wireless-enabled notebook PCs.
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Breast Cancer Survivor and Basketball Star Edna Campbell Inspires New Electronic Greeting Card for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Professional basketball player and breast cancer survivor Edna Campbell is providing words of encouragement and support to others with cancer with a new free electronic greeting card, available at www.Cancer.com and www.AmericanGreetings.com. This new card is part of The Art of Healing: Expressions of Cancer Survivors -- a national campaign that provides online greeting cards for cancer survivors and caregivers.
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Dell Brings Consumer Electronics Home for the Holidays
Dell confirmed its entry into the consumer electronics category, announcing the planned introduction of a series of Dell digital entertainment products including digital music players, an online music service and a multifunction LCD television and computer monitor that will be available in the United States for the holiday season.
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You'll Never Miss A Holiday TV Special With DISH Network's New DVR
EchoStar Communications Corporation and its DISH Network(tm), America's fastest growing subscription television service, are rolling out the newest digital video recorders (DVRs) in time for early holiday shopping.
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Logitech Pumps Up the Volume with Six New Multimedia Speaker Systems
Logitech, the market leader in high-end PC audio, today announced a new line-up of multimedia speakers: six different systems that bring a variety of options to a wide range of sound enthusiasts. The company is introducing three new Z-Series products, which provide premium sound and speaker design for music lovers and gaming aficionados, plus an entirely new line of X-Series products, developed to offer distinctive design and quality sound at an attractive price. The new speakers are available this fall in U.S. retail outlets and online at www.logitech.com, ranging in price from $29.99 to $199.99.
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'Deck The Aisles': No Grinch Expected This Holiday Season
Forget Scrooge ruining the 2003 holiday season. Buoyed by a much-improved business environment, consumer businesses should record their best profits in recent memory in the Thanksgiving-to-New Year shopping period, predicts Deloitte Research Chief Economist Carl Steidtmann.
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Nissan Announces Pricing on All-New Full-Size Pathfinder Armada SUV
Nissan North America Inc. today announced a starting Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $33,300 for the 2004 Pathfinder Armada full-size sport utility vehicle (SUV), which goes on sale at Nissan dealers nationwide on October 1. The Pathfinder Armada features a 305-horsepower V8, class-leading(a) second row roominess, class-leading(a) 9,100 lb towing capacity, and other features that will establish segment-leading credibility.
(a) Full-size, light duty SUV class
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Parents Say Milk Makes Happy Meals(R) Happier
In a recent survey of San Francisco and Monterey Bay Area parents, more than half chose milk as the beverage they would like served with a McDonald's Happy Meal.(R) Four hundred (400) randomly selected Bay Area parents participated in the September survey to determine their preference for a Happy Meal drink. Fifty-three percent (53%) chose milk, 41% juice and only 6% chose soda as the beverage they'd want included in a McDonald's Happy Meal.
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Clean Shave Gets the Rave: Survey of Attitudes About Facial Hair Reveals That 'Less Is More'
Stubble is out...clean-shaven is in. According to a recent survey of both women and men, conducted on behalf of Gillette MACH3Turbo Champion, less is more when it comes to facial hair.
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Rental Energy Company Aggreko Powers Up Businesses Suffering Impact From Hurricane Isabel
As residents cleared out and business owners braced for Hurricane Isabel's assault on the East Coast, energy rental provider Aggreko moved in to assist businesses that lost power. Today the company continues to assist business owners in areas hardest hit by the storm.
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Accredited To Present Oct. 7 Before Los Angeles Analysts Group
Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. , a national non-prime residential mortgage lender based here, will present before the Oct. 7 meeting of The Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts Inc. (www.lasfa.org).
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Protecting Yourself Against Identity Theft
One of the fastest growing crimes in America is ID Theft. Here's a report on this frightening trend and some tips on how to protect yourself. Radio News Feature
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DENTSPLY International Announces Executive Retirement and Promotions
The Board of Directors of DENTSPLY International Inc. announced that Mr. John C. Miles II, 61, chairman and chief executive officer, has indicated his intention to retire as chief executive officer effective Dec. 3, 20031, 2003.
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TCI Launches New Packaged Solution Initiative
TCI Solutions Inc. today announced the formation of TCI Hometown Solutions, a new business unit that will develop and market packaged store and headquarters solutions to North America's 12,000+ small grocery chains and independents. The announcement came at the company's Retail Leadership Conference held here, as they previewed some of the new products that this group will market.
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Did the Rabbit Die?
At one time you had to wait to learn if the rabbit died. Then came the home pregnancy tests that you had to interpret. Now there's word of the first-of-its-kind digital home pregnancy test that will let you know for sure, in words, as we hear in this report from Roberta Facinelli. Radio News Feature
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ALCO Management Names Davis New V.P. and Director
ALCO Management Inc. today named Ronnie Davis, CPM as vice president and director of property management. In his new position Davis will oversee the management of 75 apartment communities located across the Southeast.
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S&C's PureWave AVC Approved by Arizona Utility to Eliminate Voltage Flicker Problems for Metal Recycler
A metal recycler in Phoenix, Ariz., is installing an S&C Electric Company PureWave AVC(tm) Adaptive VAR Compensator to eliminate voltage flicker resulting from the very large current surges caused by their car shredding operation. The recycler plans to add a new 6,000-HP shredder to their operation and has been working with the local utility to solve the voltage flicker problem and reduce the possibility of power factor penalties. The utility approved S&C's AVC to provide the necessary reactive power compensation.
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Internet With My Fries
Logging onto your computer from your favorite coffee shop or restaurant today may be cheaper than your waitress' tip...it may be free. Radio News Feature Interview with Intel's Ralph Bond
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Freedom Unleashed on 'One Unwired Day'!
It might be an offer you just can't refuse. No wires. No charge. Matt Kelly tells us that today is One Unwired Day. You can try free wireless Internet access at participating hotspots inside coffee shops, hotels, restaurants, airports and public parks across the country. Radio News Feature
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Celebrate a Stress-Free Holiday Season with Wellness Gifts from SPAbasics
SPAbasics(R) invites you to ease into the hectic holiday shopping season with products designed to pamper and renew both body and soul. From personal massagers to air purifiers, Santa's bag is sure to be filled with these luxurious yet affordably-priced wellness gifts.
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Alexian Brothers Medical Center Appoints CEO
The Alexian Brothers Health System has named Roger Johnson president and chief executive officer of Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village, Ill.
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Advanced Academics Meets California Learning Resource Network (CLRN) Criteria
Advanced Academics today announces its online learning platform meets California Learning Resource Network (CLRN) criteria. The CLRN review indicates that Advanced Academics meets legal compliance and aligns to California Content Standards. It also means California public schools may spend up to 30 percent of their Instructional Monetary Funds to purchase courses through Advanced Academics.
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Yum! Brands President, Chief Multibranding & Operating Officer Lewis Elected to Disney Board of Directors
The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors Tuesday elected Aylwin Lewis, President, Chief Multibranding and Operating Officer of Yum! Brands Inc., as a new independent director, effective January 2004.
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Liverpool: 40 Years Ago, Today
Hard to believe it was forty years ago that the British Invasion began with the arrival of the Beatles in America. Radio News Release
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Two New Instant Games Join Pennsylvania Lottery's Lineup
The Pennsylvania Lottery introduces SUPERCASH, a $5 instant game, and GLITTERING GOLD, a $2 game, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003.
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Just in time for your early fall and holiday shopping guides: the first of our GIFT GUIDE Smart Feature packages. You'll find more than two dozen feature stories about the newest and most exciting gifts -- all for free and unrestricted use by journalists. Click the "GIFT GUIDE" button on any Newstream channel page or home page, or go directly to http://www.newstream.com/us/cgi-bin/display_package.cgi?169
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