Numbers: Jan. 16, 2006

7 Days lost by the average U.S. mineworker in 2005 to injuries caused by mining accidents

17 Days lost by the average worker at West Virginia’s Sago coal mine, where an explosion last week left 12 miners dead

600,000 Acres burned by the grass fires that have raged across Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico since Dec. 26. The fires have killed five people

55 Maximum years in prison faced by Justin Wilkerson, 18, if he is convicted of starting three fires in his Oklahoma hometown

$150,000 Price St. Louis’ World Aquarium hopes to get for a two-headed albino rat snake named We, up for bids until Jan. 10 at ReptileAuction.com

$15,000 Price the aquarium paid for the rare, long-lived We in 1999. Most two-headed snakes don’t survive more than a few months

12 Number of marijuana plants that terminally ill residents of Rhode Island may grow for medicinal purposes, under a law passed last week

11 Number of states that allow medical marijuana to be grown, although federal law still bans its use

Sources: USA Today (2); New York Times (2); AP (4)