DIVERSIONS
$2.5 billion
Amount wagered on the NCAA men's basketball tournament each year, according to 2004 FBI estimates
$1.2 billion
Estimated productivity loss for American employers during March Madness
JOURNALISM
1,000
Number of journalists and their support staff who were killed from January 1996 to June 2006
138
Number of those who died in Iraq, making it the deadliest country for journalists. Nearly 60 have been killed since June 2006
70
Number of journalists and their support staff who were killed during the Vietnam conflict from 1955 to 1975
WEALTH
36
Number of billionaires in India, the highest in Asia,...
