The US trade deficit narrowed unexpectedly in January as imports and exports declined and overall volume fell for the first time in five months, the government reported Thursday.

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The US trade deficit narrowed unexpectedly in January as imports and exports declined and overall volume fell for the first time in five months, the government reported Thursday.

The US trade deficit narrowed unexpectedly in January as fewer foreign cars and less crude oil were imported.

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US driving deaths dropped to their lowest level ever recorded last year, which officials attribute to public service campaigns, less driving and safer roads and vehicles, government data showed Thursday.

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - 03/11/10) - NovaGold Resources Inc. (TSX: NG - News )(AMEX: NG - News ) today announced that it has closed its non-brokered offering of 13,636,364 common shares of the Company at a price of US$5.50 per common share for gross proceeds of US$75,000,002 (the "Offering"), as announced on March 8, 2010. The Offering was made to Quantum Partners Ltd ...

PITT MEADOWS, BRITISH COLUMBIA and JAKARTA, INDONESIA--(Marketwire - 03/11/10) - Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. (TSX: TZT - News ), a premier manufacturer of wireless broadband and WiMAX communication systems has received a US$14M purchase order from PT. Teknologi Riset Global (TRG). This order comes after the recent announcement by TRG that they have been selected by Telekomunikasi ...

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A chicken from the slightly-glowing town of Paks in central Hungary recently laid an egg weighing 200 grams and 24 centimeters in circumference. Géza Somogyi, the owner, has sent the egg's measurements to the Hungarian office of Guinness in the hopes that it sets a new record. According to Guiness, national records aren't kept, but the current record holder is an egg laid in Britain with a circumference of 22.8 cm and a length of 31 (?) cm. Somogyi said that his chickens only feed on wheat, corn and sunflower seeds, underscoring that their diet is all natural. We suspect the chicken might have received a little assist, however, from the reactor down the road. [index.hu]

52-year old László Fölkl spent 104 hours watching cartoons in an attempt to break a world record, the organizers of Budapest's Animania Movie Marathon revealed. As part of the record-breaking attempt Fölkl watched nearly 300 cartoons over the time period, eventually coming up twenty hours short of the world record, but still setting a Hungarian record in the process, good enough to land him a new laptop, and, it would seem, a minor mention in the press. [est.hu]

US broadcaster HBO is to begin filming its epic fantasy adventure series Game of Thrones in Belfast in June.

Delek US Swings To 4th-period Loss; Sales Up 25%

-- A March 6 Page One article about the D.C. government's plan to combat HIV with free distribution of the FC2, a second- generation female condom, described the condom as being made of a thin polyurethane that conducts body heat and enhances sensation. The original female condom was polyurethane;...

PAKISTAN Suspected militants armed with assault rifles and a homemade bomb attacked the offices of a U.S.-based Christian aid group helping earthquake survivors in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing six Pakistani employees, the organization and police said.

The Treasury Department said Wednesday that the government's budget deficit in February totaled $220.9 billion, the largest monthly figure yet and 14 percent higher than the previous record from February 2009. The deficit for the first five months of this budget year is $651.6 billion, 10.5 percent...

Facing an election-year backlash over runaway spending and ethics scandals, House Democrats moved Wednesday to ban earmarks for private companies, sparking a war between the parties over which would embrace the most dramatic steps to change the way business is done in Washington.

President Obama and the Supreme Court have waded again into unfamiliar and strikingly personal territory.

The federal government has spent the past half year seeking to roll back its emergency efforts at propping up the financial markets -- with the notable exception of its involvement in mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

KINSHASA, CONGO -- This vast central African nation is known for many things: the massive corruption of the late leopard-hat-wearing dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, grinding poverty, a devastating conflict in the east. But it is worth noting that Congo is also home to a formidable cult of high fashion,...