Take away the whole and some still remain. What is it?

What does the following represent?

N N N N N N N

A A A A A A A

C C C C C C C

What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone's number pad?

What occurs twice in a week, once in a year but never in a day?

You have a basket containing ten apples. You have ten friends, who each desire an apple. You give each of your friends one apple.
Now all your friends have one apple each, yet there is an apple remaining in the basket.
How?

In a jungle where there are no street lights or any other artificial source of lights, I notice a black snake crossing the road.
How did I get sight of the snake?

What is a word made up of 4 letters, yet is also made up of 3. Sometimes is written with 9 letters, and then with 4. Rarely consists of 6, and never is written with 5.

I was speeding and ran through a stop sign, yet two traffic officers who were there do nothing about it.

why?

That attorney is my brother, testified the accountant.

But the attorney testified he didn't have a brother.

Who is lying?

A charming young lady was approached by a kind looking old woman in a restaurant. The old woman said to her, 'You look exactly like my younger daughter. Sadly she passed away a couple of months back. Could you do me a favor and say 'Goodbye, mother' with a kind smile on your face when I leave?

The young lady agreed for the same and said, 'Goodbye, mother' when the old woman left. Soon after, she got the most disengaging shock of her life.

Can you guess what the shock was?