Numbers
250,000 Number of complaints received by the FCC in 2003 about broadcast indecency, up from 346 in 2001
$275,000 The proposed fine the FCC may levy against a network, a tenfold hike from the amount currently allowed
3% Percentage rise in the U.S. infant-mortality rate for the year 2001-02
1958 The last year an increase in infant mortality was recorded
500 Number of cases in which evidence from FBI bullet tests has been used in court
20% Estimated error rate of such tests, according to a new National Research Council study
32% Percentage of Oreo cookie eaters who take them apart to eat the inside first
20% Percentage who dunk them in a liquid, mostly milk
Sources: New York Times; Washington Post (2); Coyne PR
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