Friday, August 21, 2009

The Daily Numbers - August 21

The Daily Numbers: 1 body found inside a burning car in Middletown that continues to be something of a mystery.
2 suspects in custody in one of the weirder scams to come down the pike recently. They try to con people with the idea that they can use chemicals to turn $100 bills painted black into real money. Only problem is they’re not $100 bills. They’re plain paper. And people acutally fall for this?
1,800 members of United Aerospace Workers Local 1069 who voted to authorize its bargaining committee to call a strike if talks break down this fall.
3 times now state Rep. Mario Civera has introduced an amendment to solve the state budget crisis. It’s doubtful this one will work. Civera does not have the votes in the House.
3 incidents in recent months in which gunshots have been fired at houses in Concord Township.
1, as in No. 1, where Villanova ranks in U.S. News & World Report’s annual college rankings. The Wildcats are rated the top Master’s university in the Northeast.
3 separate problems with utility breaches at the site of the future Giant Supermarket in Springfield that have led the township to shut down work on the site.
100, age of man beaten up and robbed by a thug in Southwest Philly.
1 more weekend of the popular Cash for Clunkers program. It will end Monday.
428 million dollars, what Lincoln National Corp. is getting for its asset management unit, which it is selling to Macquarie Group.
31, as in Aug. 31, when Vince Fumo must report to prison. An attempt to delay the date was rejected by a federal judge.
80,000 dollars in Social Security payments stolen by a Philly woman. She continued to cash the checks, which were for her dead grandmother.
7 busted as police in Exton, Chester County, shut down a meth lab that was operating a couple blocks away from the Exton Square Mall.
8.4 percent jobless rate in Pa. as 4,800 jobs were axed in July.
3,000 jobs that will be sliced in Philadelphia under the doomsday budget announced Thursday by Mayor Nutter.
2 people injured this morning when a small plane flying out of Reading crashed near Teterboro Airport in New Jersey.
22, age of female student at East Stroudsburg University who is now admitting falsely reporting being raped.
4 home runs in 3 games for Jayson Werth as the Phils swept the Diamondbacks last night, 12-3.
2 other Phils who also homered, Ryan Howard and Carlos Ruiz.
8 strong innings for Phillies starter Joe Blanton.
1 home run hit by former Chester High and Saint Joe’s star Jameer Nelson as his Orlando Magic teammates took batting practice before last night’s Phils game.
1 touchdown scored by the Eagles first-teamers in another lousy preseason performance last night against the Colts.
10 of 14 for 167 yards, including a 76-yard TD strike, for Colts QB Peyton Manning.
4 or the 5 projected Eagles starters on the offensive line who were out of the lineup.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Keep telling yourself it’s the preseason. That the Eagles don’t have most of their offensive line on the field yet. Or simply flip the channel and watch the Phillies.
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I Don’t Get It: Vandals trashed a store in the Feltonville section of Philadelphia, apparently believing it was being operated by Iranians.
Actually the owners are Palestinian. It’s still a hate crime. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Time for our annual end-of-summer tradition, the Champs ‘N’ Charity Classic softball tournament. Join us in the fight against cancer.
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Quote Box: “We’re doing our job and being assaulted during an almost near riot.”
- Upper Darby police Superintendent Mike Chitwood, complaining about low bail set for two suspects last weekend.

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