The Daily Numbers: 12 minutes, how long President Bush spoke last night urging Congress to OK a $700 billion economic bailout plan to avert what he referred to as “financial panic” that could put the entire economy in danger.

240,000 dollars, what the Chester Upland School District is receiving in leasing out the old Wetherill Middle School building.

2 Chester High students who face charges connected to a small fire at the school that was determined to be intentionally set.

85 age of Yeadon woman brutally killed in her home back in March. Her nephew and his girlfriend were charged in the killing. Now they are pointing the finger at each other and are seeking separate trials.

10 age when suspected cop-killer Daniel Giddings had his first brush with the law. It was not his last. He had been out on parole for about a month when he was involved in an altercation with Philly cops. A week later, he shot and killed Officer Patrick McDonald after a traffic stop and foot chase.

10 years of a 12-year maximum term, how long Giddings was in jail.

4 Philadelphia police officers shot and killed in the line of duty in the last two years.

200 arrests made to date by Philadelphia’s gun violence task force.

1 person dead and 1 injured after they jumped from the second floor of a burning apartment in Philadelphia.

3,003 dollars in Girl Scout Cookie sales believed pocketed by a woman who was a troop leader in Newark, Del.

6 foot tall statue of the ‘Angel of the Roses’ stolen from the National Center for Padre Pio religious shrine in Barto, Pa.

15 age of student who is believed to have raped a school employee inside the women’s locker room at Dickinson High School in Delaware Tuesday night.

30 percent decline in numbers of houses sold in the Philadelphia area in August.

237,000 dollars, the median price for a home sale, that’s down just 1.3 percent.

10 age of child accused of trying to stab a nanny in Randolph, N.J. Police say the two were involved in some kind of argument.

45 to 43 percent lead for John McCain over Barack Obama in the latest Franklin & Marshall Keystone Poll of voters nationally.

200 million dollars up for grabs in Saturday night’s Powerball drawing.

2 cent dip in price we’re paying at the pump. Average price of gas in the Philly region is now $3.61.

10 hits and 6 runs surrendered by Brett Myers last night as the Phils lost to the Braves.

1.5 game lead, what the Phils still enjoy over the Mets after New York coughed up another big lead and the game to the Cubs last night. The Mets are now tied with the Brewers in the Wild Card chase.

3 the Phillies Magic Number for both the NL East crown and the Wild Card, with 3 games left against the Nationals.

3 suspicious packages found outside Citizens Bank Park yesterday afternoon that caused some mild concern. They turned out to be hot dogs.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Those “suspicious devices” that caused a lockdown at Citizens Bank Park yesterday afternoon turned out to be hot dogs. A dud, as it were. So were the Phils, who seem intent on keeping us in suspense through the weekend. Then again, the Mets also lost.

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I Don’t Get It: It seems pretty clear that cop-killer Daniel Giddings should not have been out of jail, walking the streets of Philly. Yet that’s where he was when he encountered Officer Patrick McDonald. I don’t get it.

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Today’s Upper: Kudos to those responsible for the new program at Cheyney University that will help students with scholarship in return for a promise to teach inner city youths.

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Quote Box: “Delaware County has lost a a great man.”

-- Former Delco League President Jim Vankoski, on the passing of Mickey Vernon.