Wednesday, December 9, 2009

The Daily Numbers - Dec. 9

The Daily Numbers: 2 brutal murders to which Jermaine Burgess yesterday pleaded no contest yesterday.
25 to 50 years on top of his life sentence for Burgess, which means he will never walk free again.
305 members of the Marple Newtown Education Association who have been working without a contract since July 1. About 100 members picketed last night’s school board meeting.
105,000 dollars believed ripped off from a Marcus Hook firm by a female employee who allegedly was selling the firm’s salt on the cheap and having the customers make the checks out to her.
5 people charged in the beating death of an Upper Darby man outside a Philly gentleman’s club who are due in court today.
400,000 dollars that the former manager in Radnor is alleged to have misspent, according to the results of a firm’s special audit of the township books.
2,015 that poured into the Daily Times Merry Christmas Fund on Tuesday.
Our goal is $50,000.
1,294 families who have signed up for a special Christmas dinner at CitiTeam Ministries in Chester. The agency is running short on supplies and is looking for more donations.
5 people charged in a foreclosure scam that targeted people in danger of losing their homes and then swiped nearly $15 million out of their accounts.
10, age of boy police in Delaware say was raped by an 18-year-old woman.
22, age of Amish man who was charged with DUI after police found him asleep at the reins while his buggy continued to roll down the road in East Lampeter, Lancaster County.
100 milllion dollar jackpot up for grabs in Friday’s Mega Millions lottery drawing.
2 school officials targeted by the D.A. in Northampton County. He doesn’t want them to be able to hold school board seats at the same time they serve on county council.
102 people nabbed on prostitution charges during a sting operation in Philly, including 76 men and 26 women.
6 weeks, how long Flyers will be without starting goalie Ray Emery, who will be operated on today for an torn muscle in his lower abdomen.
2 goals each for Mike Richards, Jeff Carter and Claude Giroux as the Flyers snapped their 5-game losing streak.
22 saves for Brian Boucher, who takes over the No. 1 goalie duties with Emery on the shelf.
2, as in Game 2 of the Allen Iverson Repeat Era tonight against the Pistons. Yes, A.I. also played for them.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Brace yourself for The Holy War. Yes, it’s Villanova vs. Saint Joe’s tonight at the Palestra.
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I Don’t Get It: An elderly couple in Collingswood, N.J., now have seen their Christmas decorations ripped off for the second time. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: They are saying that an inch of rain translates to 10 inches of snow. That means so far this morning if we were getting snow instead of rain there would be 20 inches on the ground, and counting.
Say it ain’t snow.
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Quote Box: “It will burn in our minds and tear at our hearts for the rest of our lives.”
- Joe Elia, son of murder victim Marie Ott, in court yesterday during sentencing of Jermaine Burgess for the killing.

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