$354.5 million - The value of bonds Wake County will have to delay selling because of the credit crunch, postponing projects such as a new courthouse.

20 - The approximate number of cars at a gay "cruising" site near Jordan Lake one day last summer as police tried to clamp down on the activity; the cars were backed in so that license plates weren't easily visible.

35 - The age of Neel Kashkari of the Treasury Department, chosen to head the $700 billion Wall Street bailout.

$250,000 - The down payment state officials hope to recover now that Governor Easley has nixed plans to buy a $9 million executive jet for corporate recruiters.

$1 quadrillion - The amount of national debt that a Times Square digital "debt clock" will be able to track after it's upgraded next year.

$10.2 trillion - The current national debt, up from $2.7 trillion in 1989, when the debt clock was installed.

$311,570 - The total cost of a 30-year, fixed-rate mortgage on a house at the Triangle median value ($197,000) for borrowers with low credit scores.

$225,151 - The cost of a 30-year mortgage on the same house available to borrowers with high credit scores.

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