This Week’s “Briefing” by the Numbers

1,000 pounds of ground beef were recalled in late January from two Michigan businesses.  Sixteen cases of salmonella food poisoning in five states have been linked to the meat.

14 m.p.h. is the new speed limit being considered in Aspen, Colorado after residents complained that drivers ignore the current 25 m.p.h. speed limit.

$50.5 Billion in relief was passed by the U.S. Senate on January 28 for victims of Super Storm Sandy.

1,009 requests were made by governments around the world for Twitter users’ personal information during the second half of 2012, a 19% increase from the first half of 2012.

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