Numbers: Jan. 30, 2006

$150,000 Fee per speech that U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is expected to command after he retires from his post on Jan. 31

$180,100 Greenspan's current annual salary

30 Days of notice that New Orleans officials, under pressure from a lawsuit, agreed to give owners of most Katrina-wrecked houses slated for demolition

5,500 Number of New Orleans homes and businesses on the east bank of the Mississippi that may need to be razed

$1.9 billion Donations pledged at last week's global conference in Beijing to combat the spread of avian flu

149 Confirmed cases worldwide of humans infected by the...

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