Notable numbers
Statistics from the past week that deserve a doubletake.
Published: Sat, Jun. 14, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Sat, Jun. 14, 2008 06:02AM
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closeeach day -- that the Pentagon's computer network is scanned or attacked by outsiders.
$36 billion - How much money the top five oil companies in the United States made in the first three months of 2008.
$731,680 - The amount of money that the City of Durham has paid out in legal fees and expenses to defend itself in the Duke lacrosse case.
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78.1 - Life expectancy in the United States today. Life expectancy in 1930 was 59.7.
$58 billion - The amount of money that American Indians say the U.S. government owes them in profits from land royalties resulting from an 1887 law.
5.5 - The percentage of Americans who were unemployed in May. The 0.5 percentage-point jump from April to May was the largest monthly increase in 22 years.
26 - The percentage of nonfatal injuries from outdoor activities that were from snowboarding, the highest. Sledding was next with 11 percent. Swimming was last with 2 percent.
1:17 - As in, one minute, 17 seconds, the amount of time it took Lauren Schwartz, 16, to text, "Try not to think about the itch on UR nose right now. if u take UR hand off the keypad, it's game over!" to win four tickets to see the Jonas Brothers next month in Raleigh.
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