Washington DC - July 3 - The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the number of overall traffic fatalities reported in 2008 hit their lowest level since 1961 and that fatalities in the first three months of 2009 continue to decrease.

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Washington DC - July 3 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that nearly 17 percent of all single-family homes built nationally in 2008 earned EPA’s Energy Star label, up from 12 percent in 2007.

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Washington DC - July 3 - The Department Of The Treasury announced $8 million in financial assistance awards for 10 CDFIs committed to serving economically distressed Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian communities across the nation.

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Washington DC - July 3 - Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 33.1 percent lower in April 2009 than in April 2008, dropping to $49.7 billion.

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Washington Dc - July 3 - The nation’s governors are being called upon to ban the sale of untreated oysters from the Gulf Coast since they are often contaminated with the deadly Vibrio vulnificus bacteria.

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Washington DC - July 3 - U.S. scientists working on a research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico have made the most promising discovery so far of marine gas hydrate, a possible new energy source.

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Washington DC - July 3 - The Association of American Railroads today reported that U.S. railroads originated 1,039,889 carloads of freight in June 2009, down 19.7 percent with 255,668 fewer carloads, compared with June 2008.

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Washington DC - July 3 - Retail food prices at the supermarket decreased slightly for the third consecutive quarter, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey.

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Washington Dc - July 3 - U.S. consumer bankruptcy filings totaled 675,351 nationwide during the first six months of 2009 (Jan. 1-June 30), a 36.5 percent increase over the 494,610 total consumer filings during the same period a year ago.

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Washington Dc - July 3 - The preliminary estimate of total ducks from the 2009 Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey was 42 million, 13 percent greater than last year’s estimate and 25 percent greater than the 1955-2008 average.

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Washington DC - July 3 - Secretary Steven Chu announced $59 million in conditional loan guarantees from the Department of Energy for Nordic Windpower, USA, and Beacon Power.

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Washington DC - July 3 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA is accepting applications for funds to help rural communities affected by natural disasters, authorized under the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act of 2009.

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Washington DC - July 2 - As America celebrates its 233rd birthday this holiday weekend, there will be an extra light in the sky along with the fireworks. Across the country, Americans will be treated to spectacular views of the International Space Station as it orbits 220 miles above Earth.

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ngton DC - July 2 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Bureau of Reclamation has identified 27 water reclamation and reuse projects that will share in a total of $134.3 million under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.

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Washington DC - July 2 - New orders for manufactured goods in May, up three of the last four months, increased $4.1 billion or 1.2 percent to $347.9 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported. This followed a 0.5 percent April increase.

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