2,069,701 - Preliminary total of ballots cast in Tuesday's presidential primaries in North Carolina, amounting to 36 percent of registered voters and setting a turnout record.

953,759 - The state's previous presidential primary turnout record (31 percent), set in 1988.

50 - The percentage of voter turnout in Durham.

9,000 - The estimated number of years since the previous eruption of the Chilean volcano Chaiten, which erupted this week.

$150,000 - The estimated value of the cargo -- hard liquor -- in a tractor-trailer stolen in Clayton.

20 - The percentage decline in water usage by customers of the Raleigh water system from a year ago. The resulting loss in revenue may lead to a rise in rates.

720 - The credit score below which lenders, in the tightened credit market, are charging borrowers higher interest rates for mortgages, according to a Raleigh lending firm.

667 - The average credit score for North Carolinians, according to one credit reporting service.

$708 million - Losses reported by Wachovia during the first quarter of 2008, 80 percent more than it had reported last month.

$144 million - The maximum amount Wachovia will pay to settle complaints that it allowed telemarketers to loot customers' accounts.

60 - The number of years Israel has been an independent state.