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NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sirius XM Radio (NASDAQ: SIRI) announced today that it launched the "Whitney Houston Tribute Channel" to commemorate the life and music of Whitney Houston.

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The "Whitney Houston Tribute Channel" airs now through Monday, February 13 at 11:59 pm ET on Heart & Soul, channel 48, and will honor the legendary career of Whitney Houston who passed away on February 11, 2012.

The channel, devoted exclusively to Whitney Houston, will feature songs from Houston's six-time Grammy®-Award winning career.

SiriusXM's Heart & Soul channel and SiriusXM OutQ, channel 108, also aired special live tributes taking calls from listeners sharing personal memories, favorite songs and more. SiriusXM OutQ hosts Larry Flick and Frank DeCaro will continue the channel's tribute to Houston's life, music and memory on Monday, February 13.

Additionally, SiriusXM Stars, channel 107, will present various specials on Monday, February 13, including a broadcast of an archival interview between Houston and Barbara Walters from 1993 which features the two discussing marriage, motherhood and health.

SiriusXM Stars will also air special related coverage on Jane Radio hosted by Jane Pratt and TMZ Live with Harvey Levin on Monday, February 13.  The SiriusXM Stars tribute specials will begin at 9:00 am ET with the archival interview between Houston and Barbara Walters and will continue throughout the day.

For more information on SiriusXM, please visit www.siriusxm.com.

About Sirius XM Radio

Sirius XM Radio is America's satellite radio company.  SiriusXM broadcasts more than 135 satellite radio channels of commercial-free music, and premier sports, news, talk, entertainment, traffic, weather, and data services to over 21 million subscribers. SiriusXM offers an array of content from many of the biggest names in entertainment, as well as from professional sports leagues, major colleges, and national news and talk providers.

SiriusXM programming is available on more than 800 devices, including pre-installed and after-market radios in cars, trucks, boats and aircraft, smartphones and mobile devices, and consumer electronics products for homes and offices. SiriusXM programming is also available at siriusxm.com, and on Apple, BlackBerry and Android-powered mobile devices.

SiriusXM has arrangements with every major automaker and its radio products are available for sale at shop.siriusxm.com as well as retail locations nationwide.

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The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statement:  our competitive position versus other forms of audio and video entertainment; our ability to retain subscribers and maintain our average monthly revenue per subscriber; our dependence upon automakers and other third parties; potential economic recessionary trends and uncertain economic outlook; our substantial indebtedness; and the useful life of our satellites, which, in most cases, are not insured.  Additional factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov).  The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication.

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CLEWISTON, Fla., Feb. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EverStart pro Randall Tharp of Gardendale, Ala., had endured three days of tough weather and wind and managed to lead the first three days of competition at the Walmart FLW Tour on Lake Okeechobee presented by Evinrude. All he needed was one more solid day's weight to claim his first FLW Tour title.

Tharp caught a five-bass limit weighing 23 pounds, 2 ounces Sunday to win $125,000 with a four-day catch of 20 bass weighing 101-12. The catch gave him the win by a massive 23-pound, 9-ounce margin over John Cox of Debary, Fla., who caught a total of 20 bass weighing 78-3 and earned $35,000. Tharp's margin of victory broke the FLW Tour record set by National Guard pro Brett Hite (20-4, Lake Toho, 2008).

Link to photo of pro winner Randall Tharp

"I felt like I could catch 30 pounds a day if I fished perfect," said Tharp, who adds an FLW title to his four BFL wins and one EverStart Series victory. "I would have liked to have caught more, but I'm pretty tickled with the way things turned out.

"When I caught the first big one today and it put me at 19 (pounds) and I caught the second big one I didn't say anything, but when I caught the third one I knew it was over," Tharp added.

Tharp said the one constant during the tournament was the wind. High winds wreaked havoc on anglers' plans as water clarity went south. Many anglers struggled to adapt and catch fish.

"It was not what you want in south Florida," Tharp said. "We had a wind chill of 27 degrees this morning. The winds were sustained 20 (miles per hour) with gusts to 40. The style I was fishing is what you need to do under those conditions."

And Tharp's style of fishing just happened to be what he loves to do – use a big rod, heavy line and big weights to flip grass. Tharp fished the north end of the lake and threw a black with blue flake Bitters Baits B.F.M. paired with a 1 1/2-ounce pegged sinker. Tharp said he boated eight keepers during the course of the day.

"I've done pretty good on just about every type of body of water, but I prefer to fish a grass lake," Tharp said. "Any grass lake is different when you go back. You never catch them in the same places because the grass is different. Okeechobee is a prime example of that.

"I've known for a long time that if I could win just one Tour-level event this is the lake I'd want it to happen on," Tharp added. "So now I've got that out of the way and I can set my sights on other places."

The remaining top 10 pros finished the tournament in:

A complete list of results can be found at FLWOutdoors.com.     

Overall there were 27 bass weighing 77 pounds, 12 ounces caught by pros Sunday. The catch included four five-bass limits.

Aymon Wilcox of Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., won the co-angler division and $20,000 Saturday with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 44 pounds, 4 ounces followed by Spiro Agouros of Peterborough, Ontario, in second place with 13 bass weighing 38-0 worth $7,625.

In FLW Tour Open tournaments, pros and co-anglers are competing for valuable points that could help them qualify for the 2013 Forrest Wood Cup presented by Walmart, the world championship of bass fishing. The top five pro and co-anglers in the point standings from the four FLW Tour Open tournaments will qualify.

The Tour stop on Lake Okeechobee presented by Evinrude was hosted by Roland & Mary Ann Martins Marina & Resort, and was the first of 10 Walmart FLW Tour tournaments of the 2011 season. The Walmart FLW Tour on Lake Hartwell presented by Folgers will be the next tournament and will be held March 8-11 in Greenville/Anderson, S.C. The event will be hosted by the Greenville Convention & Visitors Bureau and the Anderson Convention & Visitors Bureau and boats will launch from Portman Shoals Marina in Anderson, S.C. For a complete schedule, visit FLWOutdoors.com.

Coverage of the Lake Okeechobee tournament will be broadcast in high-definition (HD) on NBC Sports Network when "FLW" airs March 18 from 1 to 2 p.m. ET. "FLW" is hosted by Jason Harper and is broadcast to more than 559 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world.

For complete details and updated information visit FLWOutdoors.com. For regular updates, photos, tournament news and more, follow us on Facebook at Facebook.com/FLWFishing and on Twitter at Twitter.com/FLWFishing.

ABOUT FLW

FLW is the industry's premier tournament-fishing organization, providing unparalleled fishing resources and entertainment to our sponsors, fans and host communities. FLW is offering anglers of all skill levels the opportunity to compete for millions in prize money nationwide in 2012 over the course of 191 tournaments across five tournament circuits, each providing an avenue to the sport's richest payday and most coveted championship trophy – the Forrest Wood Cup. FLW is committed to providing a lifestyle experience that is the "Best in Fishing, On and Off the Water," through a variety of platforms including tournaments, outdoor expos and the world's richest fantasy sports game – FLW Fantasy Fishing. For more information about FLW and FLW Fantasy Fishing, visit FLWOutdoors.com or FantasyFishing.com and look for FLW on Twitter and Facebook.

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In memory of Whitney Houston, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network will present a special two hour "Remembering Whitney: The Oprah Interview," with the music legend's last in-depth television interview from "The Oprah Winfrey Show" to air this Thursday, February 16 from 9-11 p.m. ET/PT on OWN. 

This special television event, what is arguably Houston's most revealing and compelling interview of her career, will be rebroadcast as Winfrey reflects on her personal memories of the iconic superstar and shares with fans the magic of a musical icon who has gone too soon.

In September 2009 for the "The Oprah Winfrey Show" season 24 premiere, Winfrey sat down with Houston for a special one-on-one interview. After nearly seven years since the world heard the music icon's voice, Houston gave an intimate and poignant performance of "I Didn't Know My Own Strength." She shared only with Winfrey the private struggles she tried to hide from public view and discussed openly about her marriage to R&B star Bobby Brown, her struggles with drug abuse and why she retreated from the spotlight.  Opening up to Winfrey like never before, Houston also spoke candidly of the day she left her husband, her sorrow over the death of Michael Jackson and her hopes for her future.

About OWN: OPRAH WINFREY NETWORK

A joint venture between Harpo, Inc. and Discovery Communications, OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network is a multi-platform media company designed to entertain, inform and inspire people to live their best lives.  OWN debuted on January 1, 2011, in approximately 77 million homes on what was the Discovery Health Channel.  The venture also includes the award-winning digital platform, Oprah.com.  For more information, please visit www.oprah.com/own and www.press.discovery.com/us/own.

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SODDY-DAISY, Tenn., Feb. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- An electrical malfunction in the switchyard at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant damaged some localized electrical distribution equipment but did not affect the operation of the two units.

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TVA officials declared a "Notification of Unusual Event" Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, at 8:34 a.m. EST and notified federal, state and local officials. A "Notification of Unusual Event" is the lowest of four NRC classifications.

The event occurred in the non-nuclear portion of the plant's electrical switchyard which is similar in operation to all electrical power plants. Nuclear safety related equipment was not required or impacted. There were no injuries as a result of the malfunction.  Both units continue to operate at full power.

Sequoyah plant officials terminated the notice at 10:19 a.m. EST after the electrical fault was isolated from the remainder of the electrical switchyard.  Approximately 10 gallons of oil was discharged from a power circuit breaker during the event.  The oil, used to cool the internal electrical equipment in the circuit breaker, was contained in the plant's switchyard and is being cleaned up.

The Tennessee Valley Authority, a corporation owned by the U.S. government, provides electricity for business customers and distribution utilities that serve 9 million people in parts of seven southeastern states at prices below the national average. TVA, which receives no taxpayer money and makes no profits, also provides flood control, navigation and land management for the Tennessee River system and assists utilities and state and local governments with economic development.

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