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Friday, February 1, 2008



This Week By the Numbers

By The News Staff


The News Staff


1,000

The number of employees search engine Yahoo announced it would lay off by mid-February, despite its reports of higher than expected fourth quarter earnings.



$90,935,788

The amount of money given to 2008 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton; she has received more money than any other Democratic or Republican candidate.



75%

The percentage of fake bombs smuggled by undercover investigators that successfully passed through security checkpoints in Los Angeles International Airport.



2

The number of years NASA has delayed its half of a billion dollar probe mission to Mars due to an “unspecified conflict of interest in the purchasing process,” officials said. The probe is now scheduled to launch in 2013.



6

The number of people killed by a cyclone on the main island of Viti Levu in Fiji; the cyclone blew thousands of roofs off of houses and cut power to the country’s main islands.



 



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