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73

Number of home runs Rafael Palmeiro hit in the six years before he became teammates with admitted steroid user Jose Canseco.

202

Number of home runs Rafael Palmeiro hit in the six years after he became teammates with admitted steroid user Jose Canseco.

86,400

Number of blogs created every day, according to blog trackers Technorati.

5 minutes

The longest segment on Al Gore’s new cable TV network, Current TV. The shortest is 15 seconds.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK

Vienna’s Leopold Museum is offering free admission to anyone who shows up naked. Would you go to the MFA in the buff for a free ticket?

Go to BostonPhoenix.com or send an SMS ["Buff" or "Yuck"] to 22122 to weigh in.

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Now that the state has 7% more in tax revenues than expected, should we decrease the income tax or increase local aid? "More aid" 66% "Less tax" 34%

"It is an irritating, unfortunate situation."

Convicted murderer Scott Peterson, complaining on Canadian anti-death-penalty Web site www.ccadp.org about how he can’t write thank-you notes to supporters because people have been selling them.

$3.3 billion

Amount in restitution former Cendant Corp. vice-chairman Kirk Shelton will have to pay for inflating the value of the company’s stock. The day Shelton’s chicanery hit the news, Cendant’s market value dropped $14 billion.

342,000

Number of sites that come up when conducting a Google search for the term "impeach Bush."