Newstream.com Digest: What Health Coverage Doesn't Cover, TDK Introduces PrintOn Recordable DVD...

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What Health Coverage Doesn't Cover

Even if you have health insurance, you could still find yourself shelling out cash for certain medical costs. That's because your standard health insurance doesn't cover all the out of pocket expenses you incur

every year. In fact, Americans coughed up more than $200 billion in out of pocket medical payments in 2002, according to the Insurance Information Institute. However, there are ways to defray those costs.

A report from Allstate (NYSE:ALL)

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TDK Introduces PrintOn(TM) Recordable DVD Line, Enabling Customers to Print Crisp Graphics and Text Directly on the Disc

TDK, a world leader in digital recording and playback solutions, August 16 announced the introduction of its PrintOn recordable DVD media line. The progressive new media products enable customers to personalize every aspect of a disc by printing colorful, eye-catching images, text and graphics directly on the DVD surface itself.

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Bad Breath Ranks #1 on Oral-B(R) Hummingbird Workplace Offender Survey

The results of the recent Oral-B(R) Hummingbird Workplace Offender Survey shed light on Americans' sometimes unhealthy oral care habits at work. The "plaque and white" findings reveal a number of attitudes and behaviors, including: workers' top mouth-related offenses, the foods they most often avoid for fear of getting them stuck in their teeth, the abysmal percentage of Americans who floss after meals and the unpleasant chores they'd gladly complete instead of flossing.

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National University Ranks First in California in Granting Master's Degrees to African Americans

National University provides more master's degrees in all disciplines to African Americans than any other college or university in California, according to Black Issues in Higher Education.

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National Football League Selects Getty Images as a Licensor and Distributor of NFL Photography

The National Football League (NFL) and Getty Images, the world's leading provider of imagery, today announced a five-year agreement whereby the NFL has granted Getty Images commercial rights for the licensing and distribution of NFL photography to NFL business partners, including sponsors, licensees and broadcasters.

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NBA Legend Michael Jordan's Motorcycle School Experience to Air on SPEED Channel's 2 Wheel Tuesday

SPEED Channel cameras were on hand this week as former NBA great Michael Jordan was a special guest at Jason Pridmore's STAR Motorcycle School on the Gingerman Raceway road course in South Haven, Mich. Jordan sponsors AMA roadracer and Chicago riding buddy Montez Stewart through his Jumpman23.com brand.

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Design Continuum Supports Light Installation Artist to Create Spectacular Olympic Meteor at Athens 2004 Olympic Games

Design Continuum Inc. mechanical engineers Mark West, Ph.D. and Patrick McDermott acted as design consultants to support light installation artist and Berklee School of Music professor Mitch Benoff. Benoff has created the Athens Olympic Meteor, an eye-catching light installation that produces a series of light streaks that rocket 250 mph to the top of Mt. Lycabettus (the city's highest point) in Athens, Greece. The installation creates visual meteors that are visible citywide during the Athens 2004 Olympic Games.

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IDC Rates Wipro as the Leader Among Worldwide Offshore Service Providers

Wipro Technologies, the global IT services division of Wipro Limited (NYSE:WIT), has been rated as a top leader among offshore service providers by industry analysts IDC in a comprehensive study of 21 offshore players around the world (including APAC, Europe and Latin America).

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Wake Forest MBA Students Learn Teamwork from NASCAR Pit Crew Techniques

New MBA students at Wake Forest University's Babcock Graduate School of Management are learning teambuilding skills on the fast track-literally. Incoming full-time MBA students at the Babcock School will participate in the Richard Petty Ultimate Racing Experience at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, N.C., on Friday, Aug. 20, 2004.

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Meredith Brooks Returns with SLG Records Debut 'Shine'

SLG Records and Kissing Booth Records are proud to announce the release of "Shine," the new project of singer/songwriter Meredith Brooks. Best known for the smash hit "Bitch" from her 1997 debut "Blurring The Edges," Brooks immediately established herself as one of the gutsier of a new generation of female pop/rockers such as Sheryl Crow, Alannis Morissette, and others. Her forthright style is unmistakable, and the songs on "Shine" continue that tradition with an extra dose of self-awareness.

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Xerox and Makeover Team Take Nation's 'Most Outdated Office' from Frumpy to Fabulous

No longer will employees at Mad Science of Scottsdale have to spend countless hours trying to produce documents, sit in falling-apart furniture or rummage through makeshift filing cabinets. Xerox Corporation's (NYSE:XRX) and Entrepreneur magazine's "Help! My Office is Obsolete!" office makeover contest wrapped up today as they, along with Thom Filicia, interior designer from the Emmy-nominated show Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, revealed a dramatic technology and design makeover.

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Soleil Film Names Beneficiaries of 10% of its Profits from the Production of Miriam

Soleil Film, Inc. (OTC:SFLM) announced on August the 16th that it has selected Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation and the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors as the beneficiaries of 10% of the company's share of any net profits it receives from Miriam, the fourth feature film in the company's library, based on the true story of a woman who assumed a different identity to survive the Holocaust in Nazi-occupied Lithuania.

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Chiclets Is on the Move to Cast a Call for Los Angeles Teens Who Can 'Party Like a Square'

Actress, singer and dancer Taryn Manning is hosting the Chiclets "Party Like a Square" dance competition where talented Los Angeles teens can show off their best "square" dance moves for a chance to win tickets to a hot summer concert!

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McGrew to Lead Commercial Efforts for Cargill Dow LLC

Cargill Dow LLC, manufacturer of the world's first commercially available plastic made from 100% annually renewable resources, has appointed Dennis McGrew chief marketing officer to guide its marketplace activities.

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America Online(R) 'Shines The Light' on Philadelphia With Week of Exciting Local Events

AOL(R) for Broadband, the first online service specifically designed for high-speed cable and DSL connections, announced on August 13 that it is launching a week-long series of activities in Philadelphia that will bring residents of the city and surrounding communities a firsthand look at how AOL for Broadband offers a more complete high-speed Internet experience to its members.

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Canon Expands OfficeMax Solutions, Providing Large-Format and Poster Print Services to Store Locations Around the Nation

Canon U.S.A., Inc., the nation's market share brand leader in black-and-white and color laser copier/printer solutions, announced an agreement with OfficeMax, the retail channel of Boise Office Solutions, a division of Boise Cascade Corporation (NYSE:BCC), to provide it's CopyMax Centers with Canon's most advanced large-format printer model -- the recently launched imagePROGRAF(TM) W8200PG (pigment).

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Learning to Shop: Shopping to Learn

Students across the country are preparing to hit the books, but one of their most important lessons may be taught before school starts.

Radio News Feature

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Don't Let Your Diet Stop You From Smiling

Low-carb diets are all the rage. This report tells us how your eating habits can affect your smile.

Radio News Feature

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Rules of the Road: Driving Safely in the Internet Fast Lane

We all know to buckle our seat belts when driving on the highway, but what about safety in the Internet fast lane?

Radio News Feature

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