It holds about fourteen thousand worker bees and a single queen, who is housed, along with a few devoted attendants, in a tiny cage.

NEWYORKER: Stung

Obama carried North Carolina by only fourteen thousand votes and, many analysts say, must carry it again to win in 2012, so turnout could be a decisive factor.

NEWYORKER: State for Sale

It operates fourteen mines in the Pilbara, with a thousand miles of rail and a hundred and sixty locomotives, twenty-four hours a day, year-round.

NEWYORKER: The Miner��s Daughter

She had some cash on hand, about two thousand dollars, while I still had fourteen hundred in my savings account.

NEWYORKER: The House Behind a Weeping Cherry