Newstream Digest: Criminal Background Checks for Youth Volunteers, How to Prevent and Prepare for a Tax Audit, Child Car Seat Safety & Other Free Multimedia Content for Journalists.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2004 Criminal Database Companies Make Background Checks for Youth Sports More Common, Affordable Each spring, millions of children participate in youth sports, playing on local baseball, soccer and softball leagues. In order to maintain a fun, healthy environment for everyone involved, more organizations are realizing the need to perform background checks on all volunteers who interact with children. Video available. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12611 -------------------------------------------------- Child Seat Safety Auto crashes are a leading cause of death for American children. The issue is especially prevalent in minority communities, where lack of safety education and money make proper child seats hard to come by. The National Safe Kids Foundation is working to help provide seats and educate the communities. A report from General Motors (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GM). You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12644 -------------------------------------------------- Color is Coming Back to M&M'S(R) The world will be a bit more colorful after tonight as M&M'S(R) premieres a bright, bold new mix of the six familiar colors -- red, blue, green, yellow, orange and brown. Since New Year's Eve, M&M'S(R) have only been available in an all black-and-white mix, causing consumers across the nation to search for the "refreshed" colors. Blue is the final of the six winning bags of all-one-color M&M'S(R) to be found, from among more than 37 million black-and-white packages in circulation. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12648 -------------------------------------------------- Staples Nationwide Search to Make Work Life Easier Discovers the Innovative WordLock(tm) -- A Device That Makes It Easy to Remember Lock Combinations After six months and more than 8,300 entries, the WordLock(tm) has emerged as the next must-have office product to make work life easier. At the NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on Market site in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , Staples held its Invention Quest(tm) final judging event. The winner is the WordLock(tm) -- a combination lock which uses easy-to-remember words instead of numbers. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12636 -------------------------------------------------- How to Prevent and Prepare for a Tax Audit As many as 800,000 Americans could be audited this year -- including 50,000 taxpayers that the IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. will randomly target. While there's no guaranteed way to avoid an audit, you can lessen the chances for an audit by putting a little extra attention into preparing and reviewing your return. Video available. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12643 -------------------------------------------------- WANTED: Cops Who Cook Unlike the coffee-drinking, donut-eating stereotype, many law-enforcement professionals not only appreciate great food by are also accomplished amateur chefs. NO DONUTS: Culinary Cops is the first, comprehensive, collection of great dishes from food-loving amateur chef police from around the world. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12633 -------------------------------------------------- Hi-Tech Train Travels The U.S. A high-tech train set off on a coast-to-coast tour of the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. in February, giving a first-hand look at the most advanced industrial automation technology in the world. A report from Siemens (NYSE:SI). You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12645 -------------------------------------------------- 3D Systems Announces Distribution Agreement with Dreve 3D Systems Corporation (Nasdaq:TDSC TDSC Thai Development Support Committee TDSC Time Domain Signal Coding TDSC Test Driver System - Charlie TDSC Time-Domain Spreading Code ) announced it has entered into a non-exclusive royalty bearing development and distribution agreement with Dreve, a developer and manufacturer of resins including resins used for the manufacture of hearing aid shells and earmolds. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12647 -------------------------------------------------- JFK High School Band (La Palma La Pal·ma An island of Spain in the northwest Canary Islands. ) Heads to Ireland for ST. Patrick's St. Patrick's or Saint Patrick's may refer to:
La Palma's JFK High School Band nearly canceled their trip to Ireland this week because their instruments were not going to get there in time for Saturday's St. Patrick's Day Parade. FedEx stepped in and guaranteed the band's instruments would arrive in time for them to compete in the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Limerick, Ireland. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12646 -------------------------------------------------- Mom, Can I Have a Cellphone (CELLular telePHONE) The first ubiquitous wireless telephone. Originally analog, all new cellular systems are digital, which has enabled the cellphone to turn into a smartphone that has access to the Internet. ? These days it seems everyone has a cellphone. Mom, Dad, Grandma...and the kids. Here's more about new plans that are helping families manage their wireless spending. Radio News Feature. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12642 -------------------------------------------------- Spring Into a New You Balancing your life can become a second job, and most of the time keeping yourself healthy and fit comes down to keeping your promises to yourself. Radio News Feature Interview with America's leading life and career coach, Laura Berman Fortgang. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12641 -------------------------------------------------- America Online See AOL. , EarthLink, Microsoft and Yahoo! Team Up to File First Major Industry Lawsuits Under New Federal Anti-Spam Law America Online Inc. (NYSE:TWX (TeletypeWriter eXchange Service) A U.S. and Canadian dial-up communications service that became part of Telex. In 1971, the Bell System sold TWX to Western Union. TWX transmitted 5-bit Murray code or 7-bit ASCII code at up to 150 bps. See Telex. ), EarthLink Inc. (Nasdaq:ELNK ELNK EarthLink, Inc. (stock symbol) ELNK Ethernet Link ), Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ) and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO YHOO Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ symbol) ) today jointly announced that their collaborative anti-spam industry efforts have resulted in the coordinated filing of the first major industry lawsuits under the new federal anti-spam law, the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing Act of 2003) A U.S. statute effective January 1, 2004 that allows spammers to be fined up to $6 million. ) Act of 2003, which went into effect Jan. 1. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12637 -------------------------------------------------- Image Entertainment Unveils New Era of Anime Soundtrack with GALERIANS: RION Image Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq:DISK), a leading licensee and distributor of DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. programming in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , and an emerging audio distributor, in conjunction with Treadstone Records, an innovative recording label, proudly presents the unique fusion of hard-hitting American rock American Rock is a catch-all for rock music genres either originating in the United States or specific to the Americas. Most often they contain elements of rhythm and blues, though a blending of styles over the years has occurred. and the cutting edge of Japanese anime with the April 6 release of the soundtrack from GALERIANS: RION. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12634 -------------------------------------------------- Newly-Released Energy Industry Data Show Increased Reporting of Natural Gas Transactions Newly released energy industry data show a significant increase in reporting of natural gas market transactions to price index publishers and exchanges, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a 30-member stakeholder coalition of energy companies, industrial customers, publishers, exchanges and industry trade associations. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12632 -------------------------------------------------- Solution 6 Kicks Off Global Forum Enabling Advanced Services Delivery Solution 6 (ASX ASX See: Australian Stock Exchange : SOH SOH - Start Of Header ), the world's leading provider of software for service organizations, today unveiled advanced technologies and enhanced consulting services that will enable service organizations to anticipate and prepare for changing market demands. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12631 -------------------------------------------------- Claim It All! Millions of Americans are not taking full credit for the charitable donations they claim on their taxes. Ann Parks has more. Radio News Feature Interview with tax deductions expert Carey Rademacher. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12640 -------------------------------------------------- Geniant Expands Technical Infrastructure Practice with Addition of Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. Expert John Savill In a move that significantly expands its Technical Infrastructure Practice, Geniant(R) today announced that John Savill, an internationally recognized authority in Microsoft-based solutions using Active Directory(tm), SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. , Exchange and MOM, has joined the company as its chief Microsoft architect. You can reach the story directly by going to http://www.newstream.com/cgi-bin/display_story.cgi?12635 -------------------------------------------------- About Newstream.com: Newstream.com is a joint venture of Business Wire (www.businesswire.com) and Medialink (www.medialink.com). Newstream.com, staffed by on-line news veterans, is dedicated to providing registered journalists with compelling and timely multimedia content: video, audio, photos, graphics and text from newsmakers in the fields of Technology, Science, Health & Medicine, Business & Finance, Entertainment, Consumer News, Sports, Lifestyles, Travel & Tourism and World and Government News. |
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