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Free Rapid HIV Testing and Outreach Targets Local Community and 4,000 Plus Member Congregation of Popular Southland Church Sunday, December 6th from 6:00am to 4:00pm

Event is Key Part of World AIDS Day 'Testing Millions' Campaign, an AHF-led Global Effort to Test 3M People

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- AIDS Healthcare Foundation:

What:          Marathon Day of Free Rapid HIV Testing at Inglewood, CA Church

               Testing effort includes

                     70 HIV testing technicians working on 5 mobile HIV testing
               --    units (including both Magic Johnson and Blair Underwood
                     Testing vans) and one large big-rig style testing truck.

                     15,000 people are expected to attend two different church
               --    services at Faithful Central that day; testing effort
                     targets both churchgoers and the surrounding community.

When:          Sunday, December 6th6:00amto 4:00pm

Where:         Faithful Central Bible Church, Inglewood

               321 Eucalyptus Ave. Inglewood, CA 90301 (cross street: Nectarine
               St.)

Contacts:      Ged Kenslea,

               AHF Director of Communications 323.308-1833 work; 323.791-5526
               mobile

               Lori Yeghiayan,

               AHF Associate Director of Communications 323.308.1834 work;
               323.377.4312 mobile

In observation of World AIDS Day 2009, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS group which currently provides more than 15,000 free HIV and STD tests annually in California via its community-based testing programs, is hosting a day of free rapid HIV testing in conjunction with Faithful Central Bible Church this Sunday December 6th starting at 6:00am going until 4:00pm at the congregation's church in Inglewood (321 Eucalyptus Street, Inglewood, 90301). The HIV testing marathon--which is expected to be Los Angeles County's largest ever single HIV testing event--is being held as part of AHF's 'Testing Millions' campaign, a worldwide initiative to test more than three million people in conjunction with the observance of this year's World AIDS Day, which officially fell on Tuesday, December 1st.

70 certified HIV testing technicians will work on five of AHF's mobile HIV testing units--including AHF's Magic Johnson and Blair Underwood Mobile Testing vans--as well as one large big-rig style specially outfitted testing truck. The testing units will be located in front of the church and in the parking lot.

"We are honored to be working with Faithful Central Bible Church on this marathon testing event, which is likely to be the largest single HIV testing event ever in the history of Los Angeles County," said Whitney Engeran-Cordova, Director of AHF's Public Health Division. "There are currently as many as 15,000 HIV positive individuals in Los Angeles County who do not know their HIV status because they have never been tested for the virus. Through this testing event, we hope to normalize and de-stigmatize the entire process of HIV testing so that people look at HIV testing as a routine part of their health care, as recent CDC guidelines now advise. We know that knowledge of one's HIV status really helps us break the chain of new infections, as people take steps to reduce the risk of passing on their infection to others once they know their own status. I strongly urge people with any questions about their own HIV status to come out and join us and get tested this weekend."

The 'Testing Millions' World AIDS Day 2009 global testing campaign has been organized by AIDS Healthcare Foundation in coalition with hundreds of global partners mobilizing non-governmental organizations (NGOs), local and national governments, international relief agencies, faith-based organizations, civil society, the media for a collaborative effort to conduct more than three million tests during an extended week of testing surrounding the observation of World AIDS Day 2009.

About AHF

AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) the largest global AIDS organization, is also the operator of California's largest alternative, community-based HIV testing program, which administers over 15,000 tests per year in California. AHF currently provides treatment, care and support services to more than 120,000 individuals in 23 countries worldwide in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean, the Asia Pacific Region and Eastern Europe. Additional information is available at www.aidshealth.org and www.freehivtest.net.

    Source: AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Behind-the-Scenes Documentary of Summer's Hottest Music Festival, Virgin Mobile USA's FreeFest, Debuts at Variety's "Power of Youth" Event at Paramount Studios, Followed by Airings on Independent Film Channel, On Demand and Online at www.allaccessdocs.com

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Blink-182, Weezer, Public Enemy, Franz Ferdinand and Taking Back Sunday have lent their voices to empowering the next generation of youth through Kyocera's ALL Access rock documentary. Families and celebrities attending Variety's "Power of Youth" event today at Paramount Studios will enjoy the world premier of the film from the young "rockumentarians" who earned the chance to follow the bands from the tour busses to the stages and capture the excitement of 35,000 music lovers at the summer's hottest free music festival, Virgin Mobile USA's FreeFest. After the premiere event, ALL Access vignettes and the full-length feature will reach millions through IFC, ON Demand and online at www.allaccessdocs.com.

Variety's "Power of Youth" event, now in its third year, is an invitation-only afternoon of fun, festivities and live performances. Guests include the children and families from Starlight Children's Foundation and LA's BEST, along with more than 200 celebrity supporters. This year, Variety is honoring five young stars who are making a difference to their chosen charities including Corbin Bleu, Miranda Cosgrove, Jesse McCartney, Annalynne McCord and Keke Palmer.

"Our goal for the ALL Access program was to showcase the talents of young people so the 'Power of Youth' event is the ideal venue for the world premiere of their work," said Gary Peterson, director of marketing, brand and advertising at Kyocera Communications Inc. "We set out to give a voice to a talented crew of young adults as they chronicled some of the world's most popular bands at the year's hottest free music festival. How fitting to do it at an event honoring a group of high-profile young celebrities who have dedicated themselves to helping so many important charity organizations."

According to Matt Rubano, bass and vocals for Taking Back Sunday, "As a band we owe a lot to young people who've always been some of our most loyal fans. They buy tickets to our shows from coast to coast and come out and have a good time and sing along with us and they support our records. Kyocera's ALL Access is one way we can give back to young people and show them we support them just as much as they support us."

In addition to the world-premier screening of the ALL Access rockumentary, Kyocera's lounge at the Power of Youth event will offer photo opportunities and giveaways. Kyocera, which purchased the wireless phone division of Sanyo in 2008 and today markets both Kyocera- and Sanyo-branded wireless devices, will be giving away Sanyo Incognito, Sanyo SCP-3810 and Kyocera X-tc M2000 mobile handsets with free wireless service.

About Kyocera's ALL Access

Kyocera's ALL Access was created in conjunction with Dreaming Tree Films, which specializes in creating hands-on, interactive programs for youth interested in filmmaking. Kyocera's ALL Access conducted a nationwide search open to anyone between the ages of 16-22 with a passion for music and film. Entrants were asked a few questions and program producers selected young people who hailed from various cities coast to coast, represented all ages and experience levels. Winning documentarians included: Kristen Ablamsky, 20, Port Washington, NY; Heather Allison, 21, New York, NY; Maria Garcia, 16, West Palm Beach, FL; Neal Heatherly, 20, Palatine, IL; Mark Helenowski , 18, Glenview, IL; Austin Hughes, 18, Yorba Linda, CA; Marlee Kamis, 17, Leesburg, VA; Desiree McMahon, 20, Lynn, MA; Marisa Mezs, 21, Lakewood, WA; Brendan Nahmias, 19, Orange, CA; Travis Ratcliff, 18, Plano, TX; Joshua Romero, 22, Des Plaines, IL; Sarah Soltan, 17, Winthrop, ME; and Lindsey Underwood, 21, Naperville, IL.

About KYOCERA

Kyocera Communications Inc. (KCI) is the sales, marketing, customer engineering and service headquarters for Kyocera- and Sanyo-branded wireless products and Accessories in the Americas. The company's devices are driving the convergence of telecommunications, broadband and multimedia. KCI was formed in April 2009 through the combination of Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Kyocera Sanyo Telecommunications Inc., two wholly owned subsidiaries of Kyocera International Inc. The former was created when Kyocera purchased QUALCOMM Incorporated's consumer wireless phone business in 2000, while the latter was formed when Kyocera purchased the wireless phone business of Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. in 2008. Based in San Diego, KCI leverages Japan's history of creating advanced consumer technologies around humanism and respect for the environment and blending them with a Western entrepreneurialism and style, resulting in a unique design language and a natural, user-friendly interface. For more information, please visit www.kyocera-wireless.com.

Kyocera Corporation (NYSE: KYO) (TOKYO: 6971) (http://global.kyocera.com/), the parent and global headquarters of the Kyocera Group, was founded in 1959 as a producer of fine ceramics (also known as "advanced ceramics"). By combining these engineered materials with metals and plastics, and integrating them with other technologies, Kyocera has become a leading supplier of telecommunications equipment, office-document imaging equipment, solar power generating systems, semiconductor packages, electronic components, cutting tools and industrial ceramics. During the year ended March 31, 2009, the company's net sales totaled 1.13 trillion yen (approximately US$11.5 billion). Kyocera marks its 50th anniversary in 2009, and the 40th anniversary of its U.S. operations. It is ranked #418 on Forbes magazine's 2009 "Global 2000" listing of the world's largest publicly traded companies.

ABOUT DREAMING TREE FILMS

Dreaming Tree Films specializes in creating national youth creative programs that provide teens with hands-on experiences and allows them to interact with and explore the creative process of filmmaking. Dreaming Tree Films' mission is to nurture creativity, encourage teens to believe in themselves and provide the career insight that will help them grow both as artists and individuals. Our programs break through the Hollywood glam and allow teens to explore different creative mediums such as writing, design, photography, acting, directing, producing, cinematography and film editing. Dreaming Tree Films proudly produces Kyocera ALL Access along with Fresh Films, the nation's top filmmaking competition for teens, NG Docs, a youth documentary film program, and Body by Milk's got noise?, a music video competition where teens produce music videos for R&B superstar Usher. For more information on Dreaming Tree Films please visit http://www.dreamingtreefilms.com

(C) 2009 Kyocera. All rights reserved. Kyocera is a registered trademark of Kyocera Corporation. All other marks are properties of their respective owners.

    Source: Kyocera Communications Inc.

MEMPHIS, TN -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/05/09 -- Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL) today released capacity and operational results for its Colgan Air, Inc. subsidiary for November 2009.

                                        November 2009 Performance
                                   -----------------------------------
                                      2009         2008       Change
                                   ----------   ----------   ---------
Passengers                            210,836      210,317         0.2%
Available Seat Miles (000)             88,823       93,459        (5.0)%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)          51,014       51,328        (0.6)%
Load Factor                              57.4%        54.9%        2.5 pts.
Block Hours                            10,938       11,470        (4.6)%
Departures                              8,792        9,045        (2.8)%
Fleet
      SAAB 340                             34           34        0.0%
      Beech 1900                            -            2     (100.0)%
      Q400                                 14           15       (6.7)%



                                         Year-To-Date Performance
                                   -----------------------------------
                                      2009         2008       Change
                                   ----------   ----------   ---------
Passengers                          2,490,335    2,317,762         7.4%
Available Seat Miles (000)          1,006,312      969,397         3.8%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)         587,905      523,972        12.2%
Load Factor                              58.4%        54.1%        4.3 pts.
Block Hours                           126,861      141,100       (10.1)%
Departures                            101,934      112,619        (9.5)%

The average length of a Colgan flight was 227 statute miles compared to 231 statute miles in November 2008.

About Pinnacle Airlines Corp.

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL), an airline holding company, is the parent company of Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. and Colgan Air, Inc. Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. operates a fleet of 142 regional jets under Delta brands in the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Mexico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Colgan Air, Inc. operates a fleet of 48 regional turboprops as Continental Connection, United Express and US Airways Express. Pinnacle Airlines Corp. operating units fly more than 1,280 daily flights and transport 13 million passengers a year to 152 cities and towns in North America. The corporate headquarters is located in Memphis, Tenn. Airport hub operations are located in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Newark, Washington Dulles, Houston, LaGuardia, Memphis and Minneapolis. Visit www.pncl.com for more information.

This press release contains various forward-looking statements based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable; it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available to investors at our web site or online from the Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove erroneous, actual results September vary materially from results that were anticipated or projected. The Company does not intend to update these forward-looking statements before its next required filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact:
Joe Williams
901-346-6162

MEMPHIS, TN -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/05/09 -- Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL) today released capacity and operational results for its Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. subsidiary for November 2009.

                                          November Performance
                                  -----------------------------------
                                     2009         2008        Change
                                  ----------   ----------   ---------
Passengers                           852,260      834,729         2.1%
Available Seat Miles (000)           486,853      524,821        (7.2)%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)        370,412      389,089        (4.8)%
Load Factor                             76.1%        74.1%        2.0 pts.
Block Hours                           33,136       35,873        (7.6)%
Departures                            21,818       22,046        (1.0)%
Fleet
      CRJ-200                            126          124         1.6%
      CRJ-900                             16           15         6.7%




                                       Year-To-Date Performance
                                  -----------------------------------
                                     2009         2008        Change
                                  ----------   ----------   ---------
Passengers                         9,903,168    9,526,949         3.9%
Available Seat Miles (000)         5,610,982    5,782,969        (3.0)%
Revenue Passenger Miles (000)      4,262,228    4,437,187        (3.9)%
Load Factor                             76.0%        76.7%       (0.7) pts.
Block Hours                          390,483      404,269        (3.4)%
Departures                           250,795      245,641         2.1%

Pinnacle reports its total Passengers, Revenue Passenger Miles (RPMs), and Load Factor each month, even though fluctuations do not affect revenues received under capacity purchase agreements with Delta Air Lines, its mainline partner.

The average length of a Pinnacle flight was 428 statute miles compared to 454 statute miles in November 2008.

About Pinnacle Airlines Corp.

Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL), an airline holding company, is the parent company of Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. and Colgan Air, Inc. Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. operates a fleet of 142 regional jets under Delta brands in the United States, Canada, the Bahamas, Mexico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Turks and Caicos Islands. Colgan Air, Inc. operates a fleet of 48 regional turboprops as Continental Connection, United Express and US Airways Express. Pinnacle Airlines Corp. operating units fly more than 1,280 daily flights and transport 13 million passengers a year to 152 cities and towns in North America. The corporate headquarters is located in Memphis, Tenn. Airport hub operations are located in Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, Newark, Washington Dulles, Houston, LaGuardia, Memphis and Minneapolis. Visit www.pncl.com for more information.

This press release contains various forward-looking statements based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Although the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable; it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those set forth in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available to investors at our web site or online from the Commission. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove erroneous, actual results September vary materially from results that were anticipated or projected. The Company does not intend to update these forward-looking statements before its next required filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Contact:
Joe Williams
901-346-6162

VANCOUVER, Dec. 5 /PRNewswire/ - Ikue Teshigawara enjoyed true Canadian east coast experiences in Halifax and Lunenburg before carrying the flame on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Taking in the Halifax farmers market, traditional music, and a lobster feast, the future speed skating commentator for Japan's coverage of the 2010 Winter Games made the most of her time on Canada's east coast.

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