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1400

Number of years since the last Christian church was built in the conservative Muslim state of Qatar on the Arabian Peninsula.

$7 million

Cost of the Church of the Epiphany, a planned Anglican church that will be built on land donated by the Emir of Qatar, who is known for his progressive stances.

$367.16

Campaign expenditure by Michael Festa, 2006 candidate for Middlesex District Attorney, for a July 28 "meeting" at Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Connecticut.

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"We do not rule out that Mr. Cohen is serving someone’s political order designed to present Kazakhstan and its people in a derogatory way."

--Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Yerzhan Ashykbayev on the country threatening legal action against Sacha Baron Cohen, A/K/A Borat, a fictional character who describes his native Kazakhstan as a place in which women are kept in cages, shooting dogs and punching cows are commonplace, and the wine is made from horse urine

.321 + 62

David Ortiz’s batting average and RBIs in games that went into extra innings or were decided by one or two runs in regulation.

.243 + 38

Alex Rodriguez’s Batting Average and RBIs in the same situations.