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.

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.