Washington DC - March 11 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture joined First Lady Michelle Obama in announcing the innovative Apps for Healthy Kids competition to Americans as part of the Let’s Move! initiative.

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Washington DC - March 11 - Working gas in storage was 1,626 Bcf as of Friday, March 5, 2010, according to EIA estimates. This represents a net decline of 111 Bcf from the previous week. Stocks were 71 Bcf less than last year at this time.

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Washington DC - March 11 - A restructuring of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has been put on hold in what has become the most costly component of the federal bailout of the financial system, as reported in The Washington Post.

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Washington DC - March 11 - Nationwide air quality has improved significantly for six common air pollutants and emissions of toxic air pollutants, such as benzene, have declined about 40 percent nationwide between 1990 and 2005.

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Washington DC - March 11 - U.S. policy toward natural catastrophe risk is largely reactive and a comprehensive, forward-looking national natural disaster policy is needed, the National Association of Realtors said in testimony to two House panels.

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Washington DC - March 11 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced new details about the functions and objectives of USDA’s Office of Environmental Markets, now part of USDA’s Natural Resources and Environment mission area.

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Washington DC - March 11 - Department Of Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius cited skyrocketing insurance premiums and the need for health care reform in an address to a conference of America’s Health Insurance Plans.

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Washington DC - March 11 - The Procter & Gamble Company announced that it is voluntarily recalling Pringles Restaurant Cravers Cheeseburger potato crisps and Pringles Family Faves Taco Night potato crisps as part of an industry ingredient recall to protect consumers from potential Salmonella exposure.

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Washington DC - March 11 - Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner offered testimony before the House Committee on Appropriations on the department’s Fiscal year 2011 budget and its efforts at reinforcing strong, broad-based economic growth.

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Washington DC - March 11 - The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced that total January exports of $142.7 billion and imports of $180.0 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $37.3 billion, down from $39.9
billion in December, revised.

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Washington DC - March 11 - In the week ending March 6, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 462,000, a decrease of 6,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 468,000.

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Washington DC - March 10 - U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 13.9 million barrels per day during the week ending March 5, 149 thousand barrels per day below the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 80.7 percent of their operable capacity last week.

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Washington DC - March 10 - House Democratic leaders are working on reform of congressional earmarks that most likely would impose a one-year ban on earmark expenditures to for-profit companies, as reported in The Washington Post.

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Washington DC - March 10 - NASA unveiled an interactive computer simulation that allows virtual explorers of all ages to dock the space shuttle at the International Space Station, experience a virtual trip to Mars or a lunar impact, and explore images of star formations taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.

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Washington DC - March 10 - Total inventories of merchant wholesalers were $382.2 billion at the end of January, down 0.2 percent from the revised December level and were down 9.7 percent from a year ago.

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