Notable numbers
Published: Sat, Aug. 02, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Sat, Aug. 02, 2008 01:43AM
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27 - The number of illegal immigrant children (some as young as 13) found working in a meatpacking plant in Iowa. One 16-year-old Guatemalan said he routinely worked 17-hour shifts, six days a week.
22 - The number of "best of" lists that Raleigh has found itself upon so far this year. According to GayRealEsate USA, Raleigh is the fourth-best "gay ghetto" in the country.
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690 - The number of stories in June in which Barack Obama was the lead newsmaker. During the same month, John McCain was the dominant news figure in 263 stories.
20 - The percentage increase in profits that luxury handbagger Coach Inc. expects to chart this year.
$482 billion - How high the federal budget deficit is projected to be in 2009.
500,000 - The number of African-Americans living with HIV -- which is higher than the number of HIV-infected people in seven of the 15 "target countries" within the Bush administration's global AIDS initiative.
16 - The number of American military members who have died from accidental electrocutions in Iraq.
11 - The number of U.S. troops who died in Iraq in July. There were 80 such deaths in July 2007.
20 -The number of U.S. troops who died in Afghanistan in July as of Tuesday.
75 - The percentage drop in the deaths of Iraqi civilians and security force members from July 2007 to July 2008; from 2,021 deaths to 510.
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