Nearly 8,000 runners and walkers took part in the sixth-annual More/Fitness Marathon + Half- Marathon, hosted by supermodel, actress and author Carol Alt, in Central Park on Sunday, April 26th. Runners   more...represented 48 states and 9 countries, with more than 50% being women 40+. Everyone from first-time runners to award-winning, elite runners participated in the day-long event, celebrating the health and fitness of women of all ages. Additionally, participants raised $27,000 for CARE, an organization that empowers women around the world to help end global poverty.

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A great night's sleep trumps great sex according to more than half (51%) of the U.S. respondents to a new global survey of sleeping habits conducted by Westin Hotels & Resorts. Just how desperate   more...are we for sleep? Well, 42% said they'd rather have a sleeping pill on their hotel pillow than the ubiquitous chocolate, and 62% take a relaxant, sleep or stress medication when traveling overnight.

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On January 12th, 2009, Motown will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the sound that changed America and the world. Berry Gordy’s legendary Motown Records made its mark not just on the music industry,   more...but society at large, with a sound that that has become one of the most significant musical accomplishments and stunning success stories of the 20th century. Motown artists’ music communicated and brought together a racially divided country and segregated society around the world, touching all people of all ages and race. No other record company in history has exerted such an enormous influence on both the style and substance of popular music and culture.  less

Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) today announced the Scooby-Doo Zoinks Points consumer rewards program, now available at www.zoinkspoints.com. This first of its kind program offers fans the opportunity   more...to download and access free, exclusive online content with the purchase of all Scooby-Doo licensed products. Users will have access to a vast and ever-expanding collection of online and downloadable content, including custom Scooby-Doo online games, video clips, wallpapers, screen savers, podcasts and more.

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Welch's is aiming to donate one million servings of 100 percent juice to America's largest domestic hunger-relief charity Feeding America.

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This November, Barack Obama and John McCain aren't the only ones looking for votes, so are five travel-related nonprofits participating in TripAdvisor's "More than Footprints™" philanthropic   more...initiative at www.tripadvisor.com/Causes.

With voting top-of-mind, TripAdvisor released a video (www.youtube.com/TripAdvisor) starring Hollywood phenom Rosario Dawson challenging people to make their voices heard and vote for how they would like to see $1 million donated by TripAdvisor® (www.tripadvisor.com), the world's largest travel community.

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Leave it to the virtual queen of American cuisine to stir-up inspiration - and innovation - for aspiring cooks via an online cooking tutorial called The Mixer™. Registration is now open for the free Betty   more...Crocker® online cooking club at www.BettyCrocker.com/TheMixer. Complementary courses begin via webcast the week of April 6 and are open to cooks of all abilities.

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You have to be your own spokesperson.

Bounty, the UK's favourite parenting club, today launches a 4 minute 'How to Breastfeed' online video clip to help expectant and new mums take a real life, close up peek at how a baby 'latches on' to   more...the breast when feeding.

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The most exciting ride in Kings Dominion's 35-year history will debut in the spring of 2010, as the amusement park introduces a mammoth 5,100-foot long steel Giga-coaster. Intimidator 305 takes its name   more...from one of stock car racing's most beloved and tenacious drivers, Dale Earnhardt, "the Intimidator™" along with the height of the coaster's lift hill, 305 feet.

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Six Flags Magic Mountain unveiled the latest addition to its supreme coaster dynasty today with the debut of Terminator® Salvation™: The Ride. This wooden marvel opens to the public on Saturday,   more...May 23, combining innovative thrill technology with the signature science fiction punch of the Terminator Salvation™ brand.

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Andre Rieu, the most successful classical artist in the world, will embark on a 35-city concert tour throughout the U.S. and Canada starting April 17th in Toronto at the Air Canada Centre. The 12,000   more...capacity arena is one of the largest in Canada and is almost sold-out. Together with his 60-piece Johan Strauss Orchestra, the music aficionado tours on five continents, performing to more than 700,000 fans annually around the world. Billboard Magazine named Rieu the number one classical artist in the United States for 2008. In addition, Pollstar Magazine named him one of the Top 10 touring acts in the world, sharing the honor with Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and Coldplay.

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Taste, look, smell, sound... what's the best?

Get up and play!

What began for Gerald Pe as a pleasant day at the beach quickly turned into a fight for his life and resulted in him losing portions of his feet and suffering organ failure. Lynn Bozof's son, Evan, called   more...home from college to say he had a terrible headache, and within hours was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit; Evan died 26 days later. Gerald and Evan contracted meningococcal disease, more commonly known as meningitis, and your preteen and teenage children may also be at risk. Meningitis peak season is here, and the National Meningitis Association (NMA) is urging parents to get their children vaccinated now to protect them against this devastating disease.

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Vision loss is a high priority area for VA Research. Among VA's research projects in the exciting domain of vision restoration for Veterans are the development of an artificial retina to restore vision   more...to those affected by macular degeneration and retinitis pigmentosa; the design and improvement of assistive devices for those with visual impairments; and the development of more accurate and efficient methods of vision testing.

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Six Flags Great Adventure announced a transformation of epic proportions – the debut of BIZARRO. Themed around the DC Comics character Bizarro, this newly-enhanced roller coaster offers thrill-seekers   more...the exhilaration of a Six Flags signature coaster combined with the unique storytelling of the twisted world of Bizarro. The experience features high tech special effects and a precisely orchestrated on-board audio production designed to assault the senses for a world-class "show" on a roller coaster.
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AccuVein LLC today announced the launch of AccuVein AV300, the world's first hand-held, non-contact vein illumination device that helps healthcare professionals locate hard-to-find veins. IV starts and   more...blood draws (venipuncture) can be a source of patient anxiety and discomfort, and accessing veins in difficult patients can take up to 10 minutes and require multiple needle sticks. Venipuncture is the most common invasive medical procedure with an estimated 2.7 million procedures conducted every day in the United States alone. The AV300 can help reduce the need for multiple needle sticks, with the goal of improving patient care and the time to access veins.

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The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History today opens "On the Water: Stories from Maritime America," a new, permanent exhibition designed to engage the public in a dynamic exploration   more...of America's maritime heritage. The 8,500-square-foot exhibition builds on the Smithsonian's unparalleled National Watercraft Collection of rigged ship models, patent models, documents and images to bring the sights, sounds and stories from the oceans, inland rivers and coastal communities to the museum's millions of visitors.

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Games2win.com, a global Top 50 online games' company, announced the release of its real life inspired online game titled 'Saving Captain Phillips' on www.games2win.com. The thrilling game is inspired   more...by the courageous and dangerous high sea rescue mission of Captain Richard Phillips, who was captured by rogue Somali Pirates and rescued by the crack team of US Navy SEAL snipers.

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"America's Funniest Home Videos" creator Vin Di Bona donated objects from his hit television show to the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in a special ceremony.

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The movie that has been on the top 100 hundred downloads on the iTunes store for over a year launches today as a game on Apple's App Store for a limited time pricing of 99 cents! SHOOTER! The Official   more...Movie Game takes you into an action-packed adventure where everything is a target and your iPhone or iPod touch is the weapon.

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After a highly successful month of sold-out preview performances, Terry Fator & His Cast of Thousands celebrated its grand opening Saturday, March 14 at The Mirage in Las Vegas. The celebrity impressionist,   more...singer, comedian and ventriloquist, and winner of NBC's2007 season of "America's Got Talent," has been perfecting his craft for 32 years to finally achieve his lifelong dream

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VA Research is dedicated to restoring injured Veterans to their greatest possible functional capacity in their families, communities, and work places. For those who lost limbs from combat traumas or because   more...of complications such as diabetes, VA researchers are designing and building lighter, more lifelike prostheses using leading-edge technologies such as robotics, tissue engineering, and nanotechnology, and are studying how to best match available prosthetic components to the needs of amputees.

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