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$745 million Total amount Enron paid to 140 top executives last year, according to new legal filings by the company
4 Number of miles separating a Cessna plane from the White House after it entered restricted space last week, causing a partial evacuation
75,000 Number of miles separating the earth from a 120-yd.-long asteroid the closest brush since 1994
62 Average number of hours spent per year by rush-hour drivers in stalled or slowed traffic in U.S. cities
136 Average number of hours spent per year in rush-hour traffic by Los Angeles drivers
85% Increase in miles Americans traveled on average by car in a U.S. city since 1982
Sources: Wall Street Journal; New York Times; Urban Mobility Report/Texas Transportation Institute
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