Numbers in the news.

9.6 billion DECREASE IN THE number of miles driven in the U.S. in May 2008 compared with May 2007, as gas prices headed toward the $4-per-gallon mark.

SOURCE: TIME

$1,095 APPROXIMATE ANNUAL cost of consuming a daily tall latte from Starbucks.

SOURCE: THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

$40 billion AMOUNT THAT U.S. stores lose every year due to shoplifting and other merchandise theft.

SOURCE: THE NEW YORKER

5 NUMBER OF JUVENILE offenders executed in Iran this year. Iran has at least 132 juvenile offenders (those who committed crimes when they...