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$500

PRICE ON AMAZON in August for a copy of the rare Jonas Brothers CD It's About Time. The 2006 album was a limited release, and its songs are not available on iTunes or other legal download services.

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIIMES

85%

PERCENTAGE OF SHOES solid in the United States that are made in China.

SOURCE: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

$14 million

AMOUNT PAID BY People magazine for the first photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's newborn twins.

SOURCE: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

13

NUMBER OF U.S. TROOPS killed in Iraq in July--the lowest monthly total since the war began in 2003. Also in July, 20 U.S. soldiers were killed in Afghanistan, one of the highest monthly totals...