A daily look at some of the numbers spinning around our heads:
200,000 dollars raised by the St. Cyril community to keep their school
open in East Lansdowne.

272 new students attending the new Charles Kelly School in what used to be St. Charles Borromeo School in Drexel Hill. The parochial school
closed its doors last spring due to declining enrollment.

7 robberies in Collingdale, Darby Borough, Aldan and Yeadon. Police
believe may be the work of the same person.

48 hour strike called by cabbies in both Philadelphia and New York City.
They're upset with new requirements to outfit cabs with GPS devices.
What? Cabbies don't know where they're going?

12 people charged with fraud based on bogus reports of injuries in a bus
crash that authorities say actually was staged to collect on insurance
money. These people apparently wanted to hit the jackpot even before
their bus got to Atlantic City.

26 years old, age of woman who was struck and killed by an ambulance on Aramingo near Castor in Philadelphia.

8 foot shark that was noticed near the Jersey shoreline in Ventnor and
Atlantic City. The beaches were closed for 45 minutes. The critter
eventually was hauled up on the shore.

252 out of 811 bridges in southeastern Pa. that are locally owned, and
that are being called 'structurally deficient' by PennDOT.

200 jobs being axed by Philly chemical firm Rohm and Haas. Happy Labor Day indeed.

30,000 delegates in Philadelphia for the National Baptist Convention USA.

800,000 more toys being recalled by Mattel in still another problem with
lead paint on toys manufactured in China.

2 juveniles busted in a wave of burglaries and vandalism at two schools
in Wilmington.

4 days until the Eagles kick off their season in Green Bay against the
Packers.

3 days before the Irish of Notre Dame invade Happy Valley to tangle with Joe Paterno and Penn State.

I Don't Get It (with apologies to Jack McCaffery): How long do you think it will be before someone decides that there might be a problem with some of the regulations involving manufacturing in China. Mattel is now recalling another 800,000 toys made there for problems with excessive amounts of lead paint.

Today's Upper: Good news out of Upper Darby, where a young girl battling with Down syndrome has been reunited with her special dog, which had been missing for several days. Katherine Touhill had been without her special friend for a week.

Quote Box: "I'm glad the police are out here. It helps a whole lot."
-- Margate Road resident Rachel Gray on increased police presence after
school.