Numbers

19% Percentage of inmates in federal prisons who are illegal immigrants--some 35,000 people

270,000 Number of illegal immigrants who spent time in a local jail or state prison in 2005

16 Murders per 100,000 people in New Orleans so far in 2006--up 5.6% from last year. With 53 killings to date, the city has one of the highest homicide rates in the nation

26 Suicides per 100,000 people in New Orleans during the four months after Katrina, nearly triple the prehurricane rate and more than twice the national average

2 Goals tallied by soccer legend Ronaldo in Brazil's 4-1 win over Japan last week, which brought his career World Cup Finals total to 14 and tied him with Germany's Gerd Mueller as top scorer in Cup history

30 min. Amount of time before Brazil's World Cup games begin that businesses in the country close so employees can watch the matches

$100,145 Amount an employee at the Australian Mint stole over 10 months by hiding bills and coins in his lunch box and boots

150 Average number of coins he spirited from the mint in each boot every day

110 million Age, in years, of the oldest known spiderweb--entombed in a piece of Spanish amber--announced last week

26 Strands of silk found in the web

Sources: U.S. Department of Justice; New York Times; New Orleans Times-Picayune; New York Times; AP (2); AFP (2); National Geographic News (2)