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0

The number of ships the Navy will send to Fleet Week this year. Blame it on the sequester (NY1)

143

How many points the Dow fell yesterday after the Associated Press’ Twitter account was hacked and a false tweet was sent (Guardian)

2 million

Zach Braff’s dream for raising money for his new movie, sources via Kickstarter. (Kickstarter)

9

The number of people punked on camera by the Jimmy Kimmel show at Coachella. Watch the video, it’ll make you feel better about not paying to see bands that don’t exist. (Gawker)

59

The number of hours a typical person sits in traffic in LA. (LATimes)

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