Friday, September 12, 2008

The Daily Numbers -- September 12

The Daily Numbers: 11 people on the list of Most Wanted suspects in Chester. There were 12. One of them was picked up Wednesday night, after the 12 appeared in Wednesday’s Daily Times.

84 age of woman found brutally beaten and suffocated in her Upper Darby home.

5,000 dollar reward for information in the killing of Jane Morgan, which has left many residents in the Long Lane Apartment complex with a sense of unease.

82 age of man attacked and beaten by at least 3 men in a men’s room at the Gallery shopping center in Center City.

10 to 16 months in jail, what a disgruntled former Boeing worker now faces after admitting he intentionally vandalized a Chinook helicopter at the Ridley plant.

110,000 dollars in damages done to the copter, which has a value of $24 million.

19.10 an hour, what Matthew Montgomery made per hour at the plant. He apparently was angry about being transferred to another line.

3 people killed yesterday in a nasty collision between a tractor-trailer and two other vehicles on I-295 in Cherry Hill yesterday. The highway was closed for hours.

6 stores burned when fire hit a strip mall in Falls Township, Bucks County overnight.

75 dams in Pennsylvania at risk of causing problems downstream in heavy rains, according to the state DEP. They include Broomall Lake Dam in Media.

2 killed and 4 injured when gunshots rang out on a basketball court in West Philadelphia last night.

8.2 percent pay hike, what teachers in Souderton want. They’ve been on strike, delaying the start of school in the Montgomery County district. The board is offering 2.5 percent.

4 University of Delaware students robbed at gunpoint inside their off-campus apartment when three gunmen invaded their home.

3 Philadelphia officers who have died in the line of duty in the past 10 months. Police will gather this morning for the funeral of Officer Isabel Nazario, killed when a car slammed into her cruiser last weekend.

450 million dollar deficit the city of Philadelphia is staring at in the next 5 years. Mayor Michael Nutter is asking every city department to review costs.

10 million dollars in state home heating aid that groups want released to help with what are expected to be soaring bills to heat homes in Pa. this winter.

46 percent boost in profits posted by Campbell Soup Co. I won’t make any comments about soup lines booming.


20 foot surge of water that could inundate the Texas coast as Hurricane Ike roars ashore this weekend.

1 cent decline in gas prices, with the average price now sitting at $3.56.

48 to 45 percent lead for Barack Obama over John McCain in the latest poll of Pennsylvania voters done by Quinnipiac University. That’s down from a lead of 7 points.

5 and a third quality innings for the ageless Jamie Moyer in leading the Phils to a crucial win over the Brewers last night.

43 home runs for slugger Ryan Howard, who poked another one last night and came within inches of hitting No. 44.

3 games back of the Mets in NL East and the Brewers in the Wild Card for the Phils.

2 more games with the Brewers, meaning the Phils could pull even with a sweep.

3 more days before the Eagles and Cowboys collide on Monday Night Football.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Every Phillies game is now crucial. But tonight is especially so. A win tonight could get into the Brewers’ heads, have them suddenly seeing the possibility of a sweep, and their Wild Card lead disappear. Cole Hamels needs to come up big tonight. Can you say complete game?

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I Don’t Get It: Suddenly it’s open season on the elderly. An 84 year-old woman is brutally beaten and killed in Upper Darby. An 84 year-old man is attacked in the Gallery shopping center in Philadelphia. I don’t get it.

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Today’s Upper: Tonight the friends of Michael Horrocks will gather to honor the memory of the Delco father who was co-pilot of one of the planes that slammed into the World Trade Center. They will raise money to erect a memorial on the West Chester University campus. Horrocks was a star quarterback there. Well done.

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Quote Box: “I believe the person who committed this heinous crime is an animal.”

-- Upper Darby top cop Michael Chitwood, describing the brutal beating death of an 84-year-old woman in her Long Lane apartment.

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