UP TO SPEED WITH ROBIN MEADE

OFFICIAL RULES AND REGULATIONS

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. The Up to Speed with Robin Meade promotion ("Promotion") is open to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and the District of Columbia, age twenty-one (21) years or older, except employees, officers, directors, agents and shareholders (and their immediate families and household members (whether or not related) of Cable News Network, Inc. (the "Sponsor"), and its parents, subsidiaries, divisions, trustees, franchisees, participating vendors, distributors, and advertising and promotion agencies (collectively, with the Sponsor, the "Promotion Entities"). Void wherever prohibited by law. Promotion is governed by U.S. law and subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations. By entering the Promotion, entrants agree to accept and be bound by all terms of these Official Rules and Regulations ("Official Rules").

2. HOW TO ENTER: From 6:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (ET) on June 2, 2008 through 3:00 PM ET on July 11, 2008 (the "Promotional Period"), Sponsor will conduct a national Promotion during the Morning Express with Robin Meade show on Headline News (the "Show"). Each week during the Show viewers will be asked a NASCAR question. Participants should log on to www.ireport.com/uptospeed during the Promotional Period, register with iReport (including a name, phone number, email address, password and screen name) and submit a video entry, audio entry or photo montage answering the NASCAR question for that week ("Submission"). The winning Submission for that week will be announced and shown on-air the following Monday. To be eligible to become a Weekly Winner, Submissions must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. ET on Thursday of the week before the winner is announced the following Monday. To be eligible to become the Grand Prize Winner, all Submissions must be received no later than 3:00 p.m. ET on July 11, 2008. All Submissions must be entered in the name of an individual person and the prize can only be awarded to the person whose name is on the winning entry. Entries generated by script, macro or other automated means will be void. The Promotion Entities are not responsible for misdirected, incomplete, lost, late, illegible, undelivered, inaccurate or delayed entries, or for technical, hardware, or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections, or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions or other errors or problems which may limit or affect a person's ability to participate in the Promotion, whether human, mechanical, typographical, printing, electronic, network or otherwise, relating to or in connection with the Promotion, including, without limitation, errors which may occur in connection with the administration of the Promotion, the processing of entries, the announcement of the prizes or in any Promotion-related materials. In the event of sabotage, acts of God, terrorism or threats thereof, computer virus or other events or causes beyond the Sponsor's control, which corrupt the integrity, administration, security or proper operation of the Promotion, Sponsor reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to modify, cancel or suspend the Promotion. In the event of cancellation, Sponsor reserves the right to award prizes from among all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to the event requiring such cancellation. False or deceptive entries or acts will render the entrant ineligible. All entries become the property of the Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned. Limit one (1) entry per person or e-mail account per week.

3. SUBMISSIONS: Submissions entered in connection with this Promotion (a) must be intended for a family audience and contain only content that, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Sponsor, is suitable for a general audience; (b) must not, in the sole and unfettered discretion of the Sponsor, contain any nudity, sexually explicit, disparaging, libelous or other inappropriate content; (c) must not in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, contain any commercial content that promotes any product or service other than the Sponsor's; (d) must not contain any trademarks, copyrighted works or other intellectual property (other than as owned by the Promotion entrant, or than as authorized by the Sponsor for use by entrants in connection with this Promotion (collectively, "Authorized Assets"). Any elements appearing in the Submission, including without limitation stills, clip art, supers, or other materials (collectively, "Elements") used must be entirely original, created and performed by entrant, be in the public domain, or be an Authorized Assets. Use of any Elements or other materials that are not original to entrant, not in the public domain, or that are not an Authorized Asset may result in disqualification.

With respect to the participants' Submissions, participants hereby irrevocably grant Sponsor the non-exclusive, perpetual, worldwide right to use the Submission, in whole or in part, alone or in combination with other material, or as a basis for new material, as Sponsor may determine in its sole discretion and for the purposes of advertising and promoting the Promotion and/or the exhibitors thereof, and to use the Submission in connection with the Promotion and related advertising and promotion or otherwise, but not as a direct endorsement for any product. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, participants agree that the rights granted hereunder shall include, but not be limited to, the perpetual, worldwide right of Sponsor and its designees to use, edit, telecast, cablecast, rerun, record, publish, reproduce, license, print, distribute and/or otherwise exploit, in any language and in all media now known or hereafter devised, Submission in whole or in part, without any further compensation to participant. Participants may be required to execute any documents necessary to perfect such rights in the Sponsor.

4. HOW TO WIN One (1) grand prize winner (the "Grand Prize Winner") and six (6) weekly winners (the "Weekly Winners") (sometimes collectively, the "Winners") will be chosen by a panel of judges based on creativity, originality and, for certain questions, accuracy of Submissions. Weekly Winners will be chosen on or around 3:00 PM ET each Thursday during the Promotional Period and announced the following Monday during the Show. The Grand Prize Winner will be chosen on or about July 22, 2008 from among all eligible entries received during the Promotional Period including Weekly Winners. The decision of the judges will be final and binding in all matters. The odds of winning will depend on the total number of eligible entries received during the Promotional Period. The Winners will be confirmed by U.S. mail, e-mail and/or telephone and must meet all eligibility requirements including the timely execution and return of all necessary releases and documents (if any) required by Sponsor.

5. PRIZES: Grand Prize Winner will receive a 3 day/2 night trip to Atlanta, Georgia for two (2) people, at an approximate retail value ("ARV") of Three Thousand Eight Hundred Thirteen Dollars ($3,813.00). The Grand Prize includes the following: (a) round trip coach-class airfare from the major U.S. gateway airport nearest the Grand Prize Winner's residence to an Atlanta, Georgia area airport; (b) round trip airport transfers between the airport and hotel; (c) double occupancy standard hotel accommodations for two (2) (one (1) room) at a hotel in the Atlanta area for two (2) nights (chosen by Sponsor); (d) VIP studio tour; (e) two (2) race passes to the NASCAR race at Atlanta Motor Speedway on October 26, 2008; (f) round trip transfers between hotel and Atlanta Motor Speedway; (g) NASCAR.com Superstore gift certificate for Three Hundred Dollars ($300.00) for Grand Prize Winner only; (h) a one (1) year NASCAR.COM TrackPass gift certificate for Grand Prize Winner only; and (i) two (2) Morning Express t-shirts. Actual value of Grand Prize may vary based on point of departure and airfare fluctuations. The Grand Prize Winner is responsible for all costs and expenses not expressly provided for above, including additional ground transportation, additional meals, incidentals, tips, telephone calls, souvenirs, other personal expenses and hotel charges incurred during the trip. All travel arrangements must be made through Sponsor's agent on a carrier of Sponsor's choice. Sponsor reserves the right to approve any travel dates and trip must be taken October 25, 2008 through October 27, 2008 or certain portions of the prize will be forfeited. Sponsor is not responsible for any travel related delays or cancellations. Grand Prize Winner and guest are responsible for obtaining proper documentation (e.g., valid photo ID) prior to travel. All prize details are at Sponsor's sole discretion.

Six (6) Weekly Winners will each receive (a) a Morning Express t-shirt; (b) a Twenty-five Dollar ($25.00) NASCAR.com Superstore gift certificate; and (c) a one (1) year NASCAR.COM TrackPass Scanner gift certificate. ARV of Seventy Dollars ($70.00) per Weekly Prize. Total ARV of Weekly Prizes: Four Hundred Twenty Dollars ($420.00).

Total ARV of Promotion: Four Thousand Two Hundred Thirty-three Dollars ($4,233.00)

No substitution or transfer of prizes or cash redemptions permitted by the Winner(s). Sponsor reserves the right to substitute for any reason whatsoever a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, at their sole discretion. Prize is awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either expressed or implied by the Sponsor. The Winners are responsible for the reporting and payment of all taxes (if any) as well as any other costs and expenses associated with acceptance and use of prize not specified herein as being awarded.

6. GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS: By entering this Promotion, participants grant Promotion Entities and their designees the right, unless prohibited by law, to use their names, cities and states of residences, voices, pictures and likenesses, without compensation, notification or approval, for the purpose of advertising and publicizing the goods and services of the Promotion Entities and all matters related to the Promotion, in any manner or medium, now or hereafter known, throughout the world in perpetuity. Grand Prize Winner's travel companion must be a legal US resident and of legal age of majority in his/her state of residence (and at least age 18). Grand Prize Winner's travel companion will be required to execute and return a liability/publicity release prior to ticketing. Winners may each be required to execute an affidavit of eligibility, liability release, tax acknowledgment form and, except where prohibited by law, a publicity release and return within five (5) business days of issuance of notification. Noncompliance within this time period or failure of potential winner to respond after three (3) notification attempts may result in disqualification and, at Sponsors' discretion, an alternate winner may be selected. If: (i) any prize or prize notification is returned as undeliverable, (ii) a potential Winner declines his or her prize, (iii) the potential Grand Prize Winner is unable to travel on dates approved by Sponsor or (iv) a potential Winner fails to comply with any of the Official Rules as outlined herein, such potential Winner will be disqualified and an alternate winner will be selected by random drawing at the Sponsor's sole discretion. The Promotion Entities expressly disclaim any responsibility and entrants agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Promotion Entities from and against any and all claims, actions, demands and/or liability for injury, damage or loss whatsoever relating to or arising in connection with participation in this Promotion (regardless of the cause of such injury, damage or loss) and/or the delivery and/or subsequent use or misuse of any of the prizes awarded (including any travel or activity related thereto).

7. OFFICIAL RULES OR WINNERS' LIST: For a copy of the Official Rules or the Winners List (available on or about August 15, 2008), send a self-addressed, stamped envelope (residents of VT need not include return postage on rules requests) to the following address by August 29, 2008 (Please specify "Official Rules" or "Winners") - "Up to Speed with Robin Meade," One CNN Center, NT1314F, Atlanta, GA 30303.

SPONSOR: Cable News Network, Inc., One CNN Center, Atlanta, Georgia 30303

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