Numbers

$12 million Amount the Democratic National Committee said it plans to spend on the midterm elections in November

$60 million Amount the Republican National Committee has said it will spend

92% Percentage of Americans who say they believe in God or some other higher power

75% Percentage who believe their family will get into heaven

19% Percentage who believe that God favors the U.S. in world affairs

$372 million Cost of the solar array that NASA astronauts installed on the International Space Station last week during a 61/2-hr. spacewalk

1,631 Number of commands that ground controllers issued during the extremely complex installation (controllers normally issue only about 200)

45,000 Number of U.S. jobs Ford Motor Co. is cutting--29% of its North American workforce--by 2008 as part of a plan to slash $5 billion in costs

34,410 Number of American jobs General Motors eliminated earlier this year to cut its costs

$27,646 Average salary of working men in the U.S. who drink alcohol, 10% higher than that of those who don't drink, according to a new study

$14,304 Average salary of working women in the U.S. who drink, 14% higher than that of abstainers

Sources: The Hill (2); Baylor University (3); New York Times (2); Reuters; AP; Reason Foundation (2)