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- Diaz Will Be Honored at National Press Club in Washington, D.C. - MIAMI, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mayor of Miami and U.S. Conference of Mayors President, Manny Diaz, has been named one of America's Best Leaders for 2008 by the U.S. News Media Group, one of the nation's leading sources of news analysis and service journalism, in association with the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School (CPL). Mayor Diaz will be honored for this distinction at The National Press Club in Washington, DC, on Monday, November 24, 2008, at 8 am. "I am deeply honored to be named one of America's best leaders by U.S. News & World Report," said Mayor Diaz. "This recognition acknowledges that Miami is one of America's greatest cities, and is a leading example in building a sustainable future and investing in our residents to create the city we can all be proud of." U.S ...

AUSTIN, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/20/08 -- The Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) is proud to announce that its founder and chairman, Lance Armstrong, today was named one of America's Best Leaders by U.S. News Media Group, one of the nation's leading sources of news analysis and service journalism, in association with the Center for Public Leadership (CPL) at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. The 2008 edition of America's Best Leaders, which highlights 24 professionals who offer optimism and hope through their work, is available today online at www.usnews.com/leaders and on newsstands Mon., Nov. 24. "I am honored to be among such distinguished company," said Armstrong. "My Foundation and I focused on making cancer a national priority in this election year and recognition by these renowned institutions -- U.S. News and Harvard -- serves as great testament to our efforts. At the LAF, we believe one of the most powerful weapons in the fight against cancer is hope and ...

--As America prepares for change, U.S. News and CPL highlight the qualities of extraordinary leaders-- WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. News Media Group, one of the nation's leading sources of news analysis and service journalism, in association with the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School (CPL), today released the 2008 edition of America's Best Leaders, available online at www.usnews.com/leaders and on newsstands Monday, November 24. Featuring some of the country's most visionary individuals, the Best Leaders issue highlights professionals who continue to offer optimism and hope through their work, even as public confidence in leadership continues to drop, as reported in recent polling results released by CPL. The 2008 National Leadership Index, which measures public confidence in leadership across societal sectors, found that 80% of Americans believe that the U.S. faces a leadership crisis today, a number that has increased each year since the study began in 2005. However, Americans ...

INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Elevating the ability for marketers to establish intimate relationships between brands and consumers, ChaCha today announced its game-changing Rich SMS Advertising(TM) solution. Through initial campaigns with Coca-Cola, McDonald's and others, ChaCha delivers response rates of more than five percent, a dramatic improvement over other mobile advertising solutions like SMS alerts and WAP banners. ChaCha's revolutionary Rich SMS Advertising solution enables brand marketers to easily implement targeted, interactive advertising campaigns on mobile devices. With more than 1.7 million customers - 85 percent of whom are in the coveted under 25 demographic and nearly 50 million text and voice queries since the launch of its mobile answers service in January - ChaCha is uniquely ...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Amazon.com has launched "Frustration-Free Packaging," a new initiative designed to make it easier for customers to liberate products from their packages. Amazon is focusing first on two kinds of items: those enclosed in hard plastic cases known as "clamshells" and those secured with plastic-coated wire ties, commonly used in toy packaging. Frustration-Free Packaging is being launched in the U.S. with 19 bestselling products from leading manufacturers including Fisher-Price, Mattel, Microsoft and electronics manufacturer Transcend. The product is exactly the same - Amazon has just streamlined the packaging. The project will expand across Amazon's international sites beginning in 2009. "I think we've all experienced the frustration that sometimes occurs when you try to get a new toy or electronics product out of its package," said Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com. "It will take many years, but our vision is to offer our entire catalog of products ...