Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Daily Numbers -- March 18

The Daily Numbers: 2 days, at a minimum, what authorities are saying I-95 in Philly will be shut down to fix a crack in a support column. This will be the mother of all traffic jams.


2 inches wide, the size of the crack in the support structure that caused PennDOT officials to shut down the interstate.


6 months probation and a $10,000 fine for longtime Haverford pol Fred Moran, who was convicted on a bribery charge connected to the sale of the old Haverford State Hospital tract. Moran continues to appeal the conviction.


17 full-time and 3 part-time positions being eliminated by Boeing at their Ridley plant in security services. They will now out-source the work at the Delco plant and others across the nation.


35 million dollar expansion plan for the Granite Run Mall that got a unanimous approval from the Middletown Planning Commission.


1 vote against a move approved by the Upper Darby School Board to waive the residency rule for the final year of his contract for outgoing Superintendent Joseph Galli, who is retiring at the end of the 2009 school year.


3, the number of people involved in sexual trysts involving former N.J. Gov. Jim McGreevey and his wife. A former aide has now said he took part in threesomes with the couple.


4 gunshot wounds suffered by a female police officer in Camden, N.J. The naked suspect was killed in a hail of return fire. Police say 18 shots were fired.


120 animal cruelty offenses filed against a Perkiomenville woman charged with running a kennel without a license. She was found guilty.


1,500 feet, height of proposed new skyscraper that would dominate the Philly skyline. The structure, proposed for 18th and Arch, would be 50 percent higher than the Comcast Center, which is about to be finished and claim the title of the highest structure in the city.


12 roosters seized when police raided a suspected cockfighting ring in Kensington.


5 year anniversary celebrated for the Irish Memorial in Philadelphia, which also got a boost with announcement of a three-year, $20,000 grant.


10,000 DUI convictions in New Jersey that are in danger of being tossed out because of concerns about the accuracy of Breathalyzer testing machines. The state has approved replacing it with the ‘Alcotest.’


1 person killed in a freak accident in Lancaster County when a piece of fence flew off a truck and impaled an oncoming motorist.


3,000 dollar fine, along with a year in jail for Radnor exec Andrew Yao for swindling people in his Student Finance Corp. business in Delaware.


3.22 a gallon for gas in the Philly region. That’s a new high for 2008.


3.27 a gallon, the statewide average. That is an all-time high.


4.24 average price for diesel fuel in Pennsylvania.


4 losses in a row for the Flyers, who seem to be coming apart at the seams in the final days of the season. They face the Thrashers tonight.


3 local teams all dancing in the NCAA hoops version of March Madness. Temple, Villanova and Saint Joe’s are all in, just a week after it looked like the city might get shut out altogether this year.


2 hits each for Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Shane Victorino yesterday as the Phils bats finally came alive in a 6-4 Grapefruit League win over the Indians.


5 solid innings for starter Chad Durbin, who is making a push for the fifth starter’s job.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
The Eagles signed a 275-pound defensive lineman yesterday. Of course, local guy Dan Klecko, son of St. James legend Joe, will play fullback. Why didn’t we guess?
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I Don’t Get It: Jim McGreevey. Very simply, I don’t get it.


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Today’s Upper: If there ever was going to be an impetus for using public transportation, it might be shutting down I-95 in Philadelphia. Maybe that will finally get commuters out of their cars.


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Quote Box: “I pray the luck of our Irish ancestry will shine upon us today.”

-- Beverly Moran, wife of Haverford pol Fred Moran, who was spared jail yesterday as he was sentenced on a bribery conviction.

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