Numbers: May 15, 2006
63% Portion of Americans ages 18 to 24 who could not locate Iraq on a world map, according to a survey
50% Portion who could not find New York State
$2 billion Amount that the U.S. Postal Service is expected to lose in fiscal 2006
42ยข Price of a first-class stamp if a proposed rate hike takes effect next year. The USPS also plans to issue a "forever" stamp at this price that would be valid as first-class postage regardless of future price increases
46 million Number of American Idol fans who voted after last week's performances; Georgia's Paris Bennett, 17, was booted after singing Prince's Kiss and Mary J. Blige's Be Without You
35% Portion of Americans polled who believe votes on Idol matter as much as or more than those cast in a U.S. presidential election
$60 million Amount golf pro John Daly estimates he has lost gambling over the past 12 years
$8.7 million Prize money won by Daly on the PGA Tour since he turned pro in 1987, income augmented by endorsements, which earned him $7 million in 2005
104 Age of Wook Kundor, a Malaysian woman who married a 33-year-old man, Muhamad Noor Che Musa, last week
20 Number of previous husbands Wook has had
Sources: National Geographic (2); Wall Street Journal (2); AP (2); Golf Digest (2); AP (2)
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