Numbers: Feb. 27, 2006

34% Portion of Americans who report being "very happy"

45% Portion of Republicans who say they're "very happy," vs. 30% of Democrats

21.6 million Average TV viewership for the first four days of Olympic competition, down 36% from 2002

$613 million Amount NBC paid to broadcast the Games, up from $545 million for the 2002 Winter Games

21% Portion of home buyers who are single women, up from 11% in 1981

1.5 million Homes purchased by single women last year--more than twice the number bought by single men

$270 million Estimated street value of the 135,323 marijuana plants seized by law-enforcement officials in Washington State last year

8 Rank of the pot harvest's value among the state's agricultural commodities, edging out sweet cherries

Sources: Pew Research Center (2); AP; NBC; National Association of Realtors (2); Washington State Patrol; USDA

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MICHEL SIDIBE, UNAIDS executive director, to South African President Jacob Zuma, just before Zuma announced that the country would treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing; South Africa has the most HIV-infected people in the world
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MICHEL SIDIBE, UNAIDS executive director, to South African President Jacob Zuma, just before Zuma announced that the country would treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing; South Africa has the most HIV-infected people in the world