Numbers: Aug. 1, 2005

117˚F

High temperature reached July 19 in Las Vegas, tying a city record

36

Western cities posting record highs that day, in a heat wave baking the Western U.S.

$286 million

General Motors' loss in the second quarter--compared with a $1.38 billion profit a year earlier--its third straight losing quarter

$58 million

Profit last quarter for AMR, parent company of American Airlines, its best quarter since 9/11

70%

Survival rate during the 1990s for children born prematurely and weighing 2.2 lbs. or less, compared with a 50% rate in the 1970s and '80s, according to a new study

38

Percent of those children with IQs below 85, compared with a 14% rate for normal-weight children

360 ft.

Length of a tunnel from Canada to Washington built by drug smugglers, unaware authorities were watching

110 lbs.

Amount of marijuana found in the car of a man arrested for transporting drugs smuggled through the tunnel

Sources: USA Today (2); Los Angeles Times (2); New York Times (2); AP (2)