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May 11-17, 2006

Naked City

Running Numbers

100 Minimum number of writings done by Benjamin Franklin under a pseudonym, according to the "Pranks Issue" of the Brooklyn-based mag Stay Free!, which deems Franklin "the original prankster."

79 Percent of Pa. school districts that have signed on for the Keystone Healthy Zone Schools program, which "provides schools with free resources, materials, support, training and even funding as they work to create healthier environments and address childhood obesity." The other 21 percent plan to fill out the necessary forms as soon as this episode of Honey, We're Killing the Kids is over.

10 NBA playoff record for steals in a game, set by Allen Iverson May 13, 1999.

4 Rank of the restrooms at Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in the 2006 "Cintas America's Best Restroom Award." Finally, a nice place to piss while pissing your money away.

2 Number of stories in the home built during last week's two-part episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. The thing looks about as goofy on its Northeast Philly block as host Ty Pennington does, um, everywhere.

 
 
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