Tuesday, January 13, 2009

The Daily Numbers - January 13

The Daily Numbers: 499 to 699 dollars, what Eagles fans can expect to shell out for a package to the Eagles game Sunday in Phoenix. And that does not include air fare.
1,229 dollars, what it will cost you if you want to fly to the desert as well.
600 to 700 bucks, what game tickets are going for on the Craigslist Web site.
6 minutes, how long it took the Cardinals to sell out all remaining tickets Sunday after it became apparent they would host the NFC title game.
35 years of tradition with the Delco Fair, which is in jeopardy because of a dispute between a neighbor and Linvilla Orchards, where the fair was held last year.
10,000 dollars, what an Upper Darby senior citizen was scammed out of by a man who befriended her. Police say while he was running errands for her, he also was helping himself to her accounts.
1,000 dollars in damages done by vandals to the Old Central School in Springfield.
2 bank heists just over the border in Delaware believed to be the work of a man who was captured by state police after a chase that ended up in Chadds Ford.
2 more fires believed to be arsons that are now under investigation in Coatesville, Chester County.
6-2 vote by the Lower Merion School board for a controversial redistricting plan to coincide with opening of a new high school Some kids who now live within walking distance of Lower Merion High will now be bused to the new school.
3 waterfront condos in Sea Isle City, N.J., that have been condemned after a bulkhead gave way, causing parts of them including decks to collapse into the water.
1,000 dollars, what police allege an Abington woman paid her boyfriend to kill her father, with whom she had been arguing.
25,000 dollars, what computer giant Dell Inc. will pay New Jersey customers to settle a complaint over the firm’s financing promotions and rebate deals.
5 million dollars in penalties that will be paid by the pharmacy chain Rite Aid in penalties for violations concerning drugs prone to abuse.
40 million dollars, estimated cost of the parade, balls and other events tied to the inauguration of President Barack Obama.
5 of the last eight years the Eagles under Andy Reid have played in the NFC championship game.
5-5-1, what the Eagles record was at one point earlier this season.
48-20, score by which the Eagles smoked the Cardinals at the Linc on Thanksgiving night.
3 point favorites, what the Eagles are over the Cardinals.
9 wins, what one team in the Super Bowl will sport. First time that has happened since 1979, when the Rams pulled it off.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
You almost have to take a breath at this point. Everyone is talking Super Bowl, as if the NFC title game against the Cardinals is a given. With this Eagles team, there is no such thing as a given. Still, they have to beat the Cardinals, don’t they?
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I Don’t Get It: A 22-year-old woman in Abington apparently argued with her father. He may have yelled at her on the phone. What did she do? According to police she gave her boyfriend $1,000 to kill her father, chop up his body, and dump it in the Pinelands near the Jersey shore. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: As we prepare to descend into the coldest weather in a couple of years, which is supposed to be here for the weekend, we are warmed by a serious case of Eagles fever.
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Quote Box: “They’ve ruined my whole year.”
-- Delco resident John Casey, a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan, on the Eagles advancing to the NFC title game.

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