Numbers: Jul. 12, 2004

2,300 Number of reconstruction projects the U.S. has promised to complete in Iraq

140 Number of projects that were under way as of last week

$9.6 billion Amount that tobacco farmers would receive from the U.S. government over five years under a corporate tax bill just passed by the House of Representatives

$159 million Estimated tax break the same bill would give rum producers in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico

$550,000 Amount the FCC proposes to fine CBS for Janet Jackson's Super Bowl wardrobe malfunction

9 Number of new radio stations that shock jock Howard Stern says he...

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