Numbers in the news.

$26 million

AMOUNT BY WHICH THE SALARY of TVs Judge Judy (former New York State Family Court Judge Judith Sheindlin) exceeds the combined salaries of all nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices

SOURCE: HARPER'S

41 cents

COST OF MAILING A FIRST-CLASS letter, beginning May 14. The Postal Service is issuing a new "forever" stamp that will cost 41 cents but remain valid after future postage increases.

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES

23,000

NUMBER OF ELEPHANTS killed illegally in 2006. Elephant poachers obtained an estimated 257 tons of ivory, which sells for $340 a pound on the black market.

SOURCE: USA TODAY

36

NUMBER OF BILLIONAIRES IN India, which has overtaken Japan as the Asian country with the most billionaires. (The U.S...