Numbers: Sep. 17, 2007

PRODUCTIVITY

$63,885

Amount the average U.S. worker contributes to the nation's GDP, according to a new International Labor Organization report, making Americans the world's most productive employees

1,804

Average number of hours worked by the typical U.S. employee in 2006, compared with 1,407 in Norway and 1,564 in France

SPORTS

33

Number of Division I-A universities with live mascots, including rams, longhorns, bobcats and broncos

$3 million

Cost of the 15,000-sq.-ft. (1,400 sq m) home of Louisiana State University's Mike the Tiger. It's $35,000 a year to care for a pair of lion siblings at the University of North Alabama at...

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