A STEP CLOSER

33973-013 is the Federal Bureau of Prisons number assigned to Joe Nacchio, former Qwest chief executive sentenced to six years in prison for insider trading. As of Monday, he had not formally been assigned to a prison, but he'll likely end up at Schuylkill prison in Pennsylvania.

TOYOTA TOPS

Toyota is the most popular make of car in Pitkin County, which includes Aspen. Add up every registered Audi, Jaguar, BMW, Cadillac, Lexus, Range Rover, Mercedes-Benz, Land Rover, Porsche and Ferrari in the county, and the total still would not equal the number of registered Toyotas.

Source: Aspen Times

QUOTABLE

"The people on Wall Street are making a lot of noise because they don't like to lose money, and we can all understand that. But it would be a huge mistake to change (monetary) policy to rescue a bunch of people who made stupid mistakes."

Economist Allan H. Meltzer

Carnegie-Mellon University

TANCREDO'S BOOK

Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., received between $15,000 and $50,000 in royalties for In Mortal Danger: The Battle for America's Border and Security in 2006. The book, published last summer, has sold 10,000 copies, according to BookScan.