This week by the “Numbers”
$136 million in diamonds were stolen from a hotel exhibit in Cannes, France. Is the Pink Panther gang back?
More than 180 US cities offer food-recycling programs, including New York City.
A 35% increase in sales for The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth occurred after Fox News kept asking the religious-historian author why a Muslim would write about Jesus.
London’s fire brigade responded to 1,300 “trapped or stuck” calls since 2010. 79 people were trapped in handcuffs. 18 children’s heads were stuck in toilets.
Russian President Putin is cracking down on homosexuality. Foreigners can be arrested on suspicion of being gay or pro-gay. Same-sex couples cannot adopt Russian children. It is illegal to expose children to gay-rights protests.
French tax payers paid $545,000 to set up Carla Bruni-Sarkozy’s charitable website while her husband was president.
Ex-IMF director Strauss-Kahn was charged with “aggravated pimping” for his alleged role in a 2012 prostitution ring.
North Carolina, under republican Governor McCrory, now requires photo ID at the voting polls.
The Washington D.C. council passed a living-wage bill requiring nonunion retailers with more than 75,000 sq.ft. of space and $1 billion in revenue to pay workers a minimum of $12.50 an hour. Walmart is not happy.
Nearly 90% of people with lung cancer die from the disease.
@time
