Tuesday, September 29, 2009

The Daily Numbers - Sept. 29

The Daily Numbers: 5,000 bucks now being offered by the state for information on dogfighting operations in the state.
2 years in prison and $1,000 fine, what a 19-year-old in Philly is facing after he admitted wrapping a cat in duct tape.
5 days in which fugitives will be able to turn themselves in at a church in Chester as part of Operation Safe Surrender. It starts Wednesday.
3 people shot in a drive-by shooting in Chester on Sunday. Police say the victims are not offering information on the possible shooter, who drove up in a car and opened fire.
123,000 doses of the first round of the H1N1 vaccine expected to be available in Pa. by mid-October.
15 people arrested as they attempted to block the construction site for the Sugarhouse Casino on the waterfront this morning in Philadelphia.
8, as in Oct. 8, the official groundbreaking for what is expected to be 1 of 2 casinos in the city.
15,000 workers at 4 Atlantic city casinos that have reached a contract agreement with their union.
1,500 union members who are threatening to walk off the job Friday if they don’t have a new deal with Temple University Hospital.
5 years in jail for a former Philadelphia sheriff’s deputy for a fatal shooting of her neighbor.
60 cars broken into and ransacked just over the state line in the parking lots of several nursing homes.
4 teen girls rescued after their boat got stuck in rapids on the Schuylkill River yesterday afternoon.
110 new jobs coming to the Brandywine Hundred area in Delaware with the arrival of a new auto insurer.
5,000 dollar reward posted in the search for the driver who struck a Philadelphia bicycle cop early Saturday.
6.3 percent of Delco households now using food stamps. That’s up 0.2 percent from a year ago.
8.9 percent of those in county living under the poverty level. That’s actually down 0.9 percent.
3 candidates vying in special election today for state Senate seat in 24th District. It was vacated by Sen. Rob Wonderling, who will become head of the Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce.
806 million dollar fraud being charged to former boss of Le-Nature Inc, a soft drink maker.
2.55, average price of gas in the region. That’s down 3 cents over the weekend.
3, where Phillies Magic Number continues to sit after they lost and Braves won again last night.
4 game lead for the Phils over the Braves, with 6 games left on the schedule.
6 runs on 9 hits surrendered by Cole Hamels in six innings and change last night.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Repeat after me: It’s not 1964 … It’s not 1964 .
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I Don’t Get It: We have all kind of reward funds and information coming forward when an animal is abused. But people get shot and no one sees anything. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Reinforcements are on the way. With flu shot clinics for seasonal flu in full swing, reports indicate that vaccine for the H1N1 version of the flu should be here in a couple of weeks.
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Quote Box: “Dogfighting is a part of a violent subculture that operates in the darkest shadows of our society.”
- Attorney General Tom Corbett, announcing $5,000 dollar reward fund for information on such operations in the state.

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