PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, July 13, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Wednesday, July 13, 2005

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New Research Reinforces Safety Hazards of Cell Phone Use While Driving

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has released new research concluding that drivers using mobile phones, are four times more likely to get into crashes serious enough to injure themselves. I-I-H-S also indicated that hands-free equipment did not reduce chances of injury to drivers. This research, along with other recent studies from the University of Utah and Virginia Tech University, all have similar findings, which should impact our public policy discussion about 'dialing and driving.' The message is clear: Drivers should not use ANY type of cell phone behind the wheel. This statement is attributed to Lieutenant Colonel Jim Champagne, Chair of the Governors Highway Safety Association.

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'Mission: Impossible 3' Kicks Off Principal Photography in Rome -- July 12 Continuing in Europe, US and Asia

Principal photography will commence on July 12th on "Mission: Impossible 3," directed by J-J Abrams and starring Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Maggie Q, Michelle Monaghan, Keri Russell, and Laurence Fishburne. The action thriller will be shot on location in Europe, Asia, and the United States. Cruise and his partner, Paula Wagner, will produce for Cruise/Wagner Productions. "Mission: Impossible 3" is scheduled for release May 5, 2006.

Full story at: http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/main.jsp?resourceid=2990037

Olivia Newton-John's New Studio Album 'Stronger Than Before' Available Exclusively at Hallmark Gold Crown Stores

Hallmark has announced that multiple Grammy Award-winner Olivia Newton-John's new studio album, "Stronger Than Before," will be available only at Hallmark Gold Crown stores from September 1, 2005 through October 31, 2005. The C-D, recorded specifically for Hallmark and the cornerstone of Hallmark Gold Crown stores' newly expanded program in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is one of several new items that will be sold to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

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KaBOOM! -- Harris Interactive Study: Poll of Pediatricians Shows Doctors See a Decrease in Play

According to a national Harris Interactive Poll commissioned by KaBOOM! and The Home Depot, 75 percent of pediatricians report there has been a decline in unstructured play among their patients in the past five years, with 50 percent citing a lack of quality play spaces within walking distance of their homes. Three-fourths of pediatricians surveyed report that the amount of time their young patients spend on unstructured play has decreased in the past five years. According to the pediatricians, factors contributing to the decline in unstructured play include:

* Almost all of the pediatricians surveyed cited children spending significant time in front of a computer or television.

* Other reasons for this decline include the availability of organized sports or activities, that parents are not aware of the benefits of unstructured play, lack of quality play spaces within walking distance to home, and reduction in school- based recess time.

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PRNewswire -- July 13

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