PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, July 11, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Monday, July 11, 2005

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More Than Half of Americans (53%) Plan to Take Summer Vacations This Year, With Nearly a Quarter of Them Planning to Charge It on Their Credit Cards, According to the Cambridge Consumer Credit Index

More than half of Americans plan to take vacations this summer that involve traveling at least 75 miles from their homes, up by 3 percentage points from 2004. Almost a quarter of them will be charging the vacations to their credit cards, up by 4 percentage points from a year ago, according to the Cambridge Consumer Credit Index. This year 60 percent will be paying for their vacations from their savings or checking accounts, down 14 percentage points from 2004, while 10 percent will be paying with cash, up by 9 percentage points from a year ago.

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Nicolas Cage to Star in Untitled World Trade Center Project for Paramount Pictures; Oliver Stone to Direct

Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage will star in and three-time Academy Award-winner Oliver Stone will direct an untitled World Trade Center project for Paramount Pictures. The film, a dramatic motion picture based on the true story of the rescue of two Port Authority police officers from the collapsed World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. The film will be distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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Drivers Feel Driving is Getting Riskier, Yet Most Admit to Dangerous Behaviors

American drivers say the aggressive and distracted behavior of other drivers is more aggravating than traffic delays, road construction and personal stress combined. That's the finding of a new national Drive for Life poll, of motorists who, ironically, admitted to many of the same bad highway habits they criticize in other drivers. Most drivers admit to engaging in at least one distraction while driving -- and the list is growing thanks to technological devices such as global positioning systems, D-V-D players and text messaging. In fact, the poll indicates that multi-tasking while driving is only likely to grow, with the youngest, least experienced drivers being the group most likely to drive while sending or reading a text message or talking on a cell phone.

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Majority of Americans Back Embryonic Stem Cell Research

Six in 10 Americans say they support using embryonic stem cells in medical research, according to a new national poll by Research!America and PARADE magazine. Three in 10 are opposed. The poll asked one-thousand adults their views on embryonic stem cell research and the importance of maintaining U-S leadership in research. Results will be published in the July 10 issue of PARADE.

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PRNewswire -- July 11

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