Numbers: Oct. 10, 2005
27 Years in prison Syrian-born Imad Yarkas was sentenced to by a Madrid court for conspiracy in Europe's biggest trial of al-Qaeda suspects connected to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
74,325 Years in prison prosecutors had sought for Yarkas--25 years for each of the 2,973 people killed in the attacks--who was cleared of the charge of being an accomplice
$236 million Amount FEMA agreed to pay Carnival Cruise Lines to house Katrina evacuees for six months in three ships, now half empty
$2,550 Average cost per person a week, based on the ships' current occupancy rate, according to Senators Barack Obama and Tom Coburn
$599 Price Carnival normally charges per person for a seven-day western Caribbean cruise from Galveston, Texas
$1.89 million Amount Moses Bittok, an immigrant from Kenya, won last week in Iowa's Hot Lotto game
1 Number of days Bittok had been a U.S. citizen before winning the lottery; the prison guard will receive 25 annual payments of $52,920 after taxes
Source: AP (2); Washington Post (3); AP (2)
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