News in Numbers
Cost of a custom-built conference table purchased by Kean University, a public college in New Jersey, prompting students to petition the school's board of trustees to fire Kean's president.
Number of school districts in Kentucky where instead of getting snow days, students will work on assignments and attend lessons online.
The projected gap between revenue and expenses for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority for the next fiscal year. Metro wants the eight municipalities served to pay the difference or risk service cutbacks.
Increase in municipal securities and loans held by banks between 2009 and 2014.
Estimated number of Puerto Ricans who retire to the mainland United States each year.
Number of guns Bridgeton, Mo.'s Metro Shooting Supplies sold this week. The store normally sells 30 to 40 firearms a week, but some anticipate rioting after the grand jury concludes its investigation of Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown.
Number of public school students (1.5 percent of the total) in San Francisco who are homeless. California has more homeless children than almost every other state.
Average decline in the rate of painkiller-overdose deaths two years after a state legalizes medical marijuana.
Average increase in the price of a bottle of liquor in Virginia starting Dec. 8 in an effort to plug the state's $2.4 billion budget gap.
Percent of households in the Denver suburb of Centennial, Colo., with Internet access, which is the highest rate of all U.S. cities with at least 100,000 residents.
Amount the Alaska city of Fairbanks has spent to appeal a $37.50 campaign-violation fine levied against its mayor.
Percent of Americans with a favorable view of the Democratic party, which is the lowest in at least two decades, according to a new Gallup poll. The GOP's favorability rating is 42 percent.
Amount approved by voters in Katy, Texas, last week to be spent on a new high school football stadium.
Chance a resident of Las Vegas has been reported to a debt-collection agency.
Payment allegedly offered by a 32-year-old man in Florida to a prostitute who was actually an undercover police officer.
Average tenure (in years) of a school superintendent in the country’s largest urban school districts in 2014.
Number of pages used in “Lessons from the Trail,” a public letter released by Republican Neel Kashkari explaining his feelings about losing the California gubernatorial contest to incumbent Jerry Brown.
Approximate cost of one "I voted" sticker, which is given to people who cast a ballot in most states.
Maine customers still without power on Tuesday following a weekend snowstorm, causing massive disruption to the state's election.
Amount paid to Hillary Clinton to deliver a speech at the University of Las Vegas Foundation's annual dinner in which she bemoaned the high cost of college.
Number of states that have enacted new restrictions on abortion since the last midterm elections.
Opening bid for the Village of Johnsonville, in East Haddam, Conn. Despite various development efforts, the 62-acre settlement, which is rumored to be haunted, has been abandoned since the 1960s.
Amount Americans spent in 2013 on Halloween costumes for their pets. They donated $3.7 million last year to UNICEF through trick-or-treaters.
Amount of additional money brought into the University of California system last year through increasing the number of out-of-state students, which caused California parents to complain that their kids' admissions chances were being hurt.
Average additional amount people with DUI arrests in the Chicago suburbs pay to keep their licenses. Defendants allowed to stay behind the wheel paid more in fines and fees than those who lost their licenses.
Percent by which a black drug-misdemeanor defendant in Manhattan is more likely than a white one to be sent to prison.
Percent of Americans in the South Central region (Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas) who support gay marriage, compared to 71 percent in New England.
Estimated number of injuries involving Halloween decorations nationwide in 2013.
