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$5,000

Price of a piece of gum chewed by Britney Spears offered for sale on eBay--part of a growing market in celebrity "keepsakes."

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK POST

24

Estimated number of women among the 1,000 U.S. troops killed in Iraq as of September 9.

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK POST

15,188

Number of hours spent on camera by Regis Philbin as of August 20--more than anyone in the 56-year history of commercial TV.

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK POST

8th

Where the U.S. ranks among 177 nations in "quality of life!; Norway tops the list.

SOURCE: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

29%

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