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THE CHOATE NEWS: Friday, February 9, 2007

This Week By The Numbers

By The News Staff

The News Staff




$2 Million

Amount that Turner Broadcasting System and an advertising group agreed to pay in compensation after planting blinking devices around Boston that caused a terrorism scare.

20

Number of elderly passengers killed in upstate New York when a boat capsized. Both the captain of the boat and the cruise company were charged with not having enough crew members aboard.

160,000

Number of English turkeys being culled after a deadly strain of bird flu was detected in the farmed poultry.

113

Rushing yards gained by Indianapolis Colts running back Dominic Rhodes in the Colts’ Super Bowl XLI victory. Yet, Rhodes failed to be voted in for Super Bowl MVP.

300

Additional centrifuges set up in Iran in two uranium enrichment units. The move was made despite the threat of tougher U.N. sanctions.