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35 million

Number of U.S. workers who spend time reading blogs while at work; combined, they will waste the equivalent of 551,000 "work years" in 2005.

SOURCE: ADVERTISING AGE

40,000 Estimated number of houses in New Orleans that will have to be demolished as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES

22% Percentage of American adults who have never used the internet.

SOURCE: PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT

28,400 Number of emergency room visits in 2004 for cheerleading-related injuries, compared with 15,700 in...