"Senator Hillary Clinton is being criticized because she recently called today's college kids lazy and uninformed. A spokesperson for college kids said: 'Whatever, lady from TV.'"
-- Conan O'Brien
"In the wake of reports that the NSA is monitoring phone records, Senator Arlen Specter, the Judiciary Committee chairman, said he would subpoena phone companies to appear before his committee. The phone companies said they would try to be there sometime between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m."
-- Tina Fey, on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update
"If I heard the Lord right about 2006, the coasts of America will be lashed by storms."
-- Rev. Pat Robertson, revealing what he says God has told him
"Why do we have to say that English is the language that we speak in America? Are we that insecure about ourselves?"
-- Sen. Barbara Boxer, California Democrat, during last week's debate on immigration and making English the nation's official language
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$17,316 Total value of personal gifts to President Bush last year, including a $5,474 bicycle
$39,722 Value of gifts to Vice President Cheney, including a $6,125 Colt revolver
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1¢ Amount Jacqueline Williams of Flint, Mich., owed her energy company when her power was shut off for seven hours last week
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6 Number of mostly Muslim countries among the top 10 nations in which Google users are most likely to search for the word sex. Pakistan, Egypt and Iran lead the list
10 Number of Canadian, Australian and U.S. locales among the top 10 cities in which Google users are most likely to search for the word drugs
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1.23¢ Cost to the U.S. Mint to manufacture a penny, a 27% jump from last year, attributed to skyrocketing metals, manufacturing and transportation costs
5.73¢ Cost of producing a nickel, up 19% from 2005
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