RESCUE
17,000
Number of square miles covered in the search for adventurer Steve Fossett using up-to-date Google Earth satellite images of Nevada
6
Number of previously unknown airplane wrecks, some decades old, discovered by Nevada's Civil Air Patrol during its desert search
STARBUCKS
$8.98
Price of a venti mocha at the new Starbucks near Moscow--the megachain's first shop in Russia; one costs $4.71 in New York City
20,000
Number of stores Starbucks wants to eventually operate overseas, roughly the same number it has in the U.S. It currently operates 4,101 abroad
ELECTION
61%
Percentage of Americans who said they'd be less...
