Numbers

4.8% Increase in the number of murders nationwide in 2005, the first rise in four years

1.9% Drop in rapes--the only violent crime to see a decline in 2005

$1 billion Estimated amount of government aid lost after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to fraudulent claims--16% of funds given

13 Different Social Security numbers used by one person to secure $139,000 in FEMA aid. Eight of the numbers do not exist

80% Fall in the risk of alcoholic cirrhosis that can result from drinking four cups of coffee a day, according to a new study

3.2 Cups of coffee drunk by the average American each day

3 Years in jail to which a Pennsylvania woman was sentenced for telling her 6-year-old daughter to steal a firefighting squad's fund-raising jar

$1.85 Amount in the jar. The woman, a heroin addict, told police she needed gas money

1,075 Number of boys repatriated last week from the United Arab Emirates--to which they had been smuggled as camel-racing jockeys--under a law requiring jockeys to be at least 18 years old

4 Age of the youngest jockeys

Sources: New York Times (3); USA Today; AFP; AP; AFP; New York Times