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$50, 000 – $150,000

Range of parental income of more than half of this year’s incoming freshmen.

65.5

Percentage of college freshmen concerned about financing college.

51.3

Percentage of incoming freshman who feel that there is a very good chance they will be satisfied with college.

Source: The Chronicle of Higher Education Almanac

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After the recent media onslaught on the subject, how concerned are you that bird flu will end all life as you know it?

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"I haven't drank in 25 years. That's the amazing part."

--Retired new orleans teacher robert davis, whose beating by three white police officers was caught on video, on being charged with public intoxication along with battery on a police officer and resisting arrest.

12

Number of years in a row that Bill Gates has held the top position of the Forbes 400, whose 2005 list was released last month.

5

Number of top-10 spots held by members of the Walton family

$34 billion

Combined wealth of the 12 Massachusetts residents who made the Forbes 400.