5 Years in prison those caught selling 2,750 grams of the drug ecstasy must serve, according to current guidelines

5 Years in prison offenders would serve for selling 200 grams of the drug if newly proposed guidelines are enacted

95 Rank of UPN's Tuesday-night movie Hot Boyz among all prime-time shows watched the week of March 12-18

107 Rank of NBC's Saturday XFL game, the lowest rating of a prime-time show on a major network since 1987

1992 Year the Pentagon upgraded a computer system to prevent overspending on items under $2,500

$409 Amount the Pentagon spent last year on a sink that should have cost $39, because the computer system checked only one vendor

48.7 million Students in U.S. elementary and high schools, topping the record set in 1971

20 Percentage of today's schoolchildren with a foreign-born parent

Sources: New York Times (2); A.P., New York Daily News; A.P., Project on Government Oversight; U.S. Census Bureau; L.A. Times

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