Thursday, June 18, 2009

The Daily Numbers - June 18

The Daily Numbers: 2 candidates who want to be this state’s next Democratic U.S. senator in Delco tonight when Arlen Specter and Joe Sestak address county Democrats in Marple.
1 month in a jail in Dubai for Michael Joslin, of Glenolden, after a gun and prescription medicine was found in his checked luggage. Some pols are working to get him free.
500 million dollars in new cuts being ordered by Gov. Ed Rendell as the state continues to battle a $3 billion budget deficit.
13 million dollars in federal stimulus funds that will go to beef up police and courts in Philadelphia.
22 million dollars in fed funds that will be used to monitor traffic on I-95 and Vine Street in the city.
3 million dollar the Philadelphia Eagles will pay the city to resolve a dispute over revenue from skyboxes at Veterans Stadium. The original number was $8 million, but a judge ruled the city owed the team $5 million for revenue lost when a preseason game had to be cancelled because of field conditions at the Vet.
200,000 dollar Powerball lottery prize claimed by a man in Philadelphia yesterday, one day before his claim would have expired.
5 students at the Milton Hershey School who are believed to have been sickened with swine flu.
3 years, 10 months in the slammer for a man arrested for possession of child porn just 2 weeks after being placed on probation for another sex offense.
6 months behind bars for two Pennsylvania men convicted of simple assault in a fatal attack on an illegal Mexican immigrant. They were acquitted on more serious charges.
3 tattoo stars, what a girl in Belgium says she wanted on her face. She wound up with 56. She says she fell asleep during the procedure. Now she wants to press charges. The artist says he misunderstood her request.
50 straight days the price of gas has risen nationally.
2.71 a gallon, average price at pump in Philly region, after the price kicked up another penny Tuesday night.
11 strikeouts for the floundering Phils as they fell to the Blue Jays last night, 7-1.
13 wins and 18 losses for the Phils so far this year at Citizens Bank Park.
6 runs on 10 hits in 6-plus innings from Phils starter Jamie Moyer.
6.35, where Moyer’s ERA is sitting these days.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.A rainout this afternoon might not be the worst thing that could happen to the Phis. Misery seems to reign on the team at their South Philly playpen.
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I Don’t Get It: Disgraced former NBA ref and Delco native has left prison for a Tampa halfway house. He’s apparently now penning a tell-all book about his rise and fall in the NBA tied to gambling. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Bacon Brothers, including famous actor Kevin, who brought their band to their home town to record a song they are hoping will help out the struggling Mummers Parade. Some people don’t get where they’re from.
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Quote Box: “I will listen and be respectful of the senator, but I’ve made my choice in the race. I’m supporting Joe Sestak.”
- Marple Democrat Tony Campisi, who tonight’s visit to county Dems by both candidates.

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