PRAIRIE VILLAGE, Kans. — As America’s top college football teams battled in the four BCS games, Tostitos, Federal Express, Nokia and Citi, scored more than $106 million of in-game signage and enhancements from ABC Sports during the four telecasts. The values, determined by Image Impact, Inc. (www.ImageImpact.tv), the premier provider of sponsorship impact/product placement evaluation, are based upon the published 30-second commercial rates.

LOS ANGELES, Calf. — In a sworn deposition taken by Anant Tripati of testimony by Lt. Belen Jeske of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office (Aug. 22, 2005 in BC326528) — provided in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County alleging “Fraud Upon the Court” — allegedly reveals it is common practice for agents of the LA District Attorneys Office to provide judges with false statements to obtain search warrants, and other false statements regarding property seized, inventory of property, custody of property, and disposition of seized property. The falsification of search warrant documents, inventory of property seized, chain of custody, and disposition of seized property, all led to the theft of proprietary software and other property owned by him during a 1992 search states Tripati.

CHICAGO, Ill. — iExplore announced today the list of Top Ten World Travel Destinations as determined by the vacation purchases of its adventure and experiential travelers.

DETROIT, Mich. — Harper Arrington Publishing and Media today announced that “The Little Entrepreneur-Takes Flight,” the first title in their new “Little Entrepreneur” series by Michael Harper and Jay Arrington designed to teach kids how to turn their hobbies into businesses, will publish on February 1, 2006.

TORRANCE, Calif. — Neotrope(R), a leading California advertising, PR, and Internet Marketing firm established 1983, today announced it has been chosen by a holistic pet care and pet health supplement firm, Ask Ariel Your Pet Nutritionist (www.askariel.com), to provide promotion and brand development for their company and Website.

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Soar Consulting, Inc., America’s fastest growing recruitment firm specializing in the placement of transitioning military members into civilian careers, recently announced their second consecutive year of triple digit growth.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Neotrope/Send2Press, a PR agency and news distribution organization established Jan. 1983, has announced its most popular news stories of 2005 disseminated through the Send2Press Newswire (www.Send2Press.com). The top-10 news stories, based on number of readings by journalists and media professionals is a fascinating cross section of the kind of news being announced by small businesses, and the type of news actually being read - and potentially reported on - by active news media professionals.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — VIBE Magazine’s January 2006 issue features unsigned draft pick Mark McLaughlin. Based on the R&B single “Brooklyn” VIBE states, “McLaughlin pays homage to hip hop heroes and reminisces over summer park jams in his street-hardened baritone.”

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif — Because someone has to step up and suggest something: this year’s StateoftheState.com address deals with California’s property tax — All aspects of California Proposition 13 on property taxes are to remain the same except that homes of “4,000 square feet or more” are to pay an additional 1%.

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Penny Webster, author of “Allergy Free For All Ages: Milk-free, Egg-free, Nut-free Recipes” offering safe food alternatives for severely allergic kids and adults that are delicious enough to satisfy the whole family, today announced that millions of individuals are now living on restrictive diets due to food allergies or intolerance.

TORRANCE, Calif. — Neotrope/Send2Press, a PR agency and news distribution organization established Jan. 1983, has announced its most popular news stories of 2005 disseminated through the Send2Press Newswire (www.Send2Press.com). The top-20 news stories, based on number of readings by journalists and media professionals is a fascinating cross section of the kind of news being announced by small businesses, and the type of news actually being read - and potentially reported on - by active news media professionals.

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — American Health Partners (AHP) announced Monday, December 19, that two former Cardinal Health executives have joined the Oklahoma City based health products marketing and distribution management firm.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Supermicro Computer, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high-quality motherboard, chassis and server solutions, has combined forces with Adaptec and Distribution Partner MA Labs to introduce the industry’s first SAS server solutions with SCSI Enclosure Services (SES2) for enclosure management for the channel market space. SES2 alerts users about drive, temperature and fan failures with an audible alarm and a fan failure LED, and is a significant enhancement to Supermicro’s complete line of SAS-optimized solutions.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — The LifeSpan TR2000 wins big in Treadmill Doctor’s 2005-2006 Best Buy Awards. The TR2000 is featured in the “Best New Product” category, for its great design and excellent value. According to Treadmill Doctor, the LifeSpan TR2000 is “A great looking treadmill and one of the best values we have seen this year.” The review went on to recommend the TR2000 treadmill as the choice for those looking to save space without sacrificing quality. With an MSRP of $1299, the TR2000 from PCE Fitness is $1000 — $2400 less than the other products in this category!

DENVER, Colo. — iMAX Business Solutions (cmscreditcards.com), specializing in providing merchants with technologically sophisticated and secure payment gateways for all types of transaction processing, today announced the launch of their new Split Rate Program allowing businesses to process credit card transactions through any credit card terminal or credit card machine at the lowest rate possible.

DALLAS, Tex. — BeePlush Couture today announced the launch of their new line of couture clothing for children, combining high style with functionality, and offering consumers the opportunity to give back to the community with every dollar spent.

PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — Group Travel Planet LLC, the pioneer and leader of online group travel, marked a major step in hotel distribution by today announcing that it has built first-ever direct connections that pull group hotel rates and inventory from hotel central reservation systems (CRS), property management systems (PMS), providers of distribution management solutions and merchant hotel distributors.

AULDIN, S.C. — The Permanent Venture, an online publication since 2001, claims no better time in history offers the entrepreneur great wealth and freedom, thanks to the Internet. So close your eyes, hug your computer’s monitor and make a wish. It’s almost that easy.

SEATTLE, Wash. - Soundrangers, founded in 1998, from the beginning took a unique approach to the field of royalty-free sound effects and music. Soundrangers was the first to specialize in creating sounds specifically for interactive media, such as websites and video games, and making them available for purchase and download over the internet. As an industry leader, Soundrangers continues to innovate, being the first to have a large catalog of real world sounds, also designed and optimized for use in interactive media.

TORONTO, Ontario — InteractiveVoices, the voice-over marketplace, has just rolled out a new Web 2.0 platform for businesses that need to hire voice-over talents. Principles that render InteractiveVoices a Web 2.0 company include the continued focus on a rich user experience by working with technologies such as RSS, CSS and AJAX while using the Web as a software platform.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — New York based FareBuzz.com, the industry leader in Air Consolidator fares, celebrated another record year as its client roster and revenue base grew significantly in 2005. “Our expansion and growth into the Corporate Travel Agency sector was a primary reason we enjoyed another record year,” said FareBuzz.com CEO Arnold Walter. A contributing driver for this tremendous growth was the introduction of an upgraded Online Booking Tool to enhance their current Best Fare/Real Time booking engine for Business & First Class fares.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Radio listeners become a cancer cell inside a human body as part of the new public service announcement created by G-Man Music & Radical Radio (www.gmanmusic.com) for the American Cancer Society (www.cancer.org).

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rising energy prices can cause some families to see as much as a 50% increase in their utility bills this winter. So Matthew Lesko, the Government Money guy on TV in the question mark suit, is offering a free e-book called “Free Money to Pay Your Utility Bills,” to anyone who can get on the web and go to www.lesko.com.