40: How many times the salary of an average worker that CEOs made in 1980.

25: The percentage increase in the number of disabled American veterans since 2001.

100: The number of Americans who have died in tornadoes so far this year.

81: The percentage of American women between the ages of 40 and 44 who are mothers. In 1976, 90 percent of women in that age group were mothers.

$21.5 billion: The amount of the state budget that Gov. Mike Easley has proposed for the next fiscal year, a 4.2 percent increase over this year.

12: Where Durham ranked on Fortune's Small Business magazine's "Best Places to Live and Launch" list. Raleigh ranked 20th, and Charlotte 8th.

-$1.8 million: The net worth of U.S. Sen. Bob Corker, a freshman Republican from Tennessee. The wealthiest member of Congress is Rep. Jane Harman, a California Democrat, who has a net worth of $409.4 million.

20.5: The percentage increase in the number of Triangle Transit riders from April 2007 to April.

82: The percentage increase in the price of jet fuel over past year.

12: The number of pedestrians who have been hit on Manning Drive in Chapel HIll over the past three years. A jogger was killed this week.

16,000: The number of manufacturing jobs North Carolina has lost in the past year.