Numbers: Jan. 10, 2005
$0 Amount of money former Playboy centerfold Anna Nicole Smith will get from her husband's estate, after a California court last week struck down an earlier ruling awarding her $88.5 million
14 Number of months Smith was married to oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II before he died in 1995 at age 90
3 hr. Amount of time each day the average U.S. Internet user spends online
23.5 min. Amount of time that each hour of Internet use reduces face-to-face contact with family members
15% Proportion of Americans making New Year's resolutions who have resolved to quit smoking in 2005, the most popular pledge
4% Proportion of people who resolve to be kinder to others
20 million liras Cost of a night out at the movies, with popcorn, on Dec. 31 in Turkey
20 liras Cost of a night out at the movies, with popcorn, on Jan. 1, after Turkey dropped the last six zeros from its inflated currency
Sources: AP (2); Stanford Institute for the Quantitative Study of Society (2); Marist Poll (2); New York Times (2)
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