Numbers: May 17, 2004

14 million Number of documents classified as secret by the U.S. government in 2003

8 million Number of documents classified as secret in 2001

111 Number of complaints filed with the Federal Communications Commission in 2000 about potentially indecent material

240,350 Complaints filed in 2003, mainly by mass mailings organized by groups like the Parents Television Council

$104 million Winning bid for Boy with a Pipe, an early work by Pablo Picasso, making it the most expensive painting ever sold at auction

$11 million Sotheby's commission on the sale

$82.5 million The old record price, paid by...

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