• Number of the Day: 1.7
Unemployment rate, in percent, in Fargo, North Dakota, the lowest rate of any American metropolitan area. Fargo's job growth has been 5% this year, while the national rate is 2%, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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"He is a friend of mine, he is not a moron at all."
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien, about President Bush, responding to several reports that his communications director, Francoise Ducros, called Bush "a moron."
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/news/news-canada-usa-bush.html

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