Numbers: Mar. 13, 2006

$400 billion Estimated amount by which Americans will underpay the IRS this year

$360 billion Projected 2006 U.S. budget deficit

72% Proportion of U.S. troops in Iraq who say a total pullout should occur in the next year

85% Proportion who say the main mission in Iraq is to retaliate for Saddam's role in 9/11

25 million Number of free condoms distributed by prostitutes and health workers in Brazil during Carnival, as part of a government anti-AIDS effort

$48 million Amount of an AIDS-prevention grant that the U.S. is refusing to renew because Brazil will not state formally that prostitution is dehumanizing

$88.5 million Inheritance sought by Anna Nicole Smith from her late husband's estate, in a probate fight that went to the Supreme Court last week

5 Smith's rank on a Forbes.com list of the most financially savvy people, behind Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Milton Friedman and George Soros

Sources: USA Today (2); Zogby International (2); Washington Post (2); Houston Chronicle; Forbes.com

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