Running Numbers

180,000 Dollar amount of the guaranteed prize fund in the World Open chess tournament, in Philadelphia from June 30 to July 4 (uschess.org). Bring that queen out early. Trust me.

82 Number of events planned for the Independence Regatta, the largest summer club regatta in the U.S., July 1-3.

12 Number of colonies that formally adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. New York is always a little slow.

6 Total number of people in for a big surprise when they mosey on down to the Parkway for a quiet stroll on July 2 because somehow they avoided all forms of media and hadn't heard about Live 8.

0 New total number of people who will make the above mistake. Everybody reads Running Numbers, baby.

—Nick Norlen

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