PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, July 28, 2005

PR Newswire Broadcast Minute for Thursday, July 28, 2005

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Rolling Stones to Release New Studio Album 'A Bigger Bang' on Virgin Records; Music Industry Today Offers Extended Rolling Stones Coverage

Celebrating Mick Jagger's 62nd birthday, the Rolling Stones announced the release of their first album in eight years. 'A Bigger Bang' will be released in the United States on September 6th via Virgin Records, and a day earlier internationally. A related tour will begin August 21st in Boston.

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Aug. 24: Ray Charles Post Office Building, Near Site of Historic Studios, to Be Named in Honor of Music Legend

The legendary Ray Charles, who would have been 75 years-old on September 23rd, will soon have a post office named in his honor. It will be located at 4960 West Washington Boulevard near the site of his original and historic Los Angeles studios, it was announced by Congresswoman Diane Watson. President Bush officially signed the Ray Charles post office bill into law on Tuesday, July 12th, 2005. An official naming ceremony for the "RAY CHARLES POST OFFICE BUILDING" will take place on Wednesday, August 24th.

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NASA Sets Agency Online Web Stream Record During Shuttle Launch

NASA's Space Shuttle Return to Flight launch was one of the biggest events in Internet history. Internet users watched approximately 433-thousand simultaneous webcast streams of NASA T-V during the launch. The webcast nearly quadrupled the agency record set barely three weeks ago during Deep Impact's encounter with Comet Tempel One.

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Amid Punishing Heat Wave, U.S. Power Industry Breaks All-Time Record for Electricity Demand

The U-S electric power industry has set a new record for power demand, providing 95-thousand, 259 gigawatthours for the week ending July 23rd. It eclipsed by 5 point 3 percent the previous record of 90-thousand, 468 gigawatthours set back in August 2002, according to Edison Electric Institute's weekly electric output survey. As searing heat and humidity continue to blanket much of the country, electric companies across the country are pulling out all the stops to keep pace with growing demand.

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PRNewswire -- July 28

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