Numbers: Oct. 10, 2005

27 Years in prison Syrian-born Imad Yarkas was sentenced to by a Madrid court for conspiracy in Europe's biggest trial of al-Qaeda suspects connected to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks

74,325 Years in prison prosecutors had sought for Yarkas--25 years for each of the 2,973 people killed in the attacks--who was cleared of the charge of being an accomplice

$236 million Amount FEMA agreed to pay Carnival Cruise Lines to house Katrina evacuees for six months in three ships, now half empty

$2,550 Average cost per person a week, based on the ships' current occupancy rate, according to Senators Barack Obama...

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