Tuesday, January 12, 2010

The Daily Numbers - Jan. 12

The Daily Numbers: 125,000 dollars believed ripped off from a Swarthmore bank by 3 former tellers.
20,000 dollars in coin deposits from borough parking meters that apparently also was skimmed in the operation.
62 million dollar STEM complex at DCCC that opened for its first classes yesterday. It’s a high-tech math, science and engineering center.
7 municipalities that continue to refuse to sign on to the new, higher fees for animal control now being enforced by the county SPCA.
24, age of Aston youth minister who pleaded guilty in court to having child porn on his computer.
49,000 dollars in tax assessments being appealed by the Ridley School District.
500,000 dollars raised by the GOP’s Pat Meehan in the 7th District Congressional race. Dem Bryan Lentz has raised $300,000.
13 percent dip in revenue last year for casinos in Atlantic City. That’s in large part due to new competition in Pa. That’s only going to get worse for Jersey when table games arrive in Pa. this summer.
680 jobs lost in the deal in which Pfizer Inc. is acquiring former Wyeth properties in Montgomery County.
50 people busted in raids on suspected houses of prostitution in South Philly.
2 Eagles fans who a woman who was wearing a Tony Romo Cowboys jersey says assaulted her as she walked along a street in Allentown.
5 million dollar drug ring dubbed ‘Operation Pack Mule’ that was providing heroin in the Lehigh Valley.
15, age of girl in Lansdale who police say was impregnated by a 34-year-old man who sexually assaulted her. He now faces charges.
8 juveniles who will face charges in connection with a carjacking of a pizza delivery man in Philly who later suffered a heart attack and died.
49, age of Channel 6 anchor Monica Malpass, who announced yesterday she is expecting. It’s believed she is going to have twins.
50,000 people in Pa. who took advantage of last weekend’s H1N1 clinics to get the vaccine.
4 years in prison for a Chester County businessman for trying to sell chemicals to Iran.
18 months in jail, what former NBA star Jayson Williams is looking at after entering a plea in the accidental shooting death of his limo driver.
10,000 incidents reported of airplanes striking birds just since last year when one caused a US Airways plane to land in the Hudson River.
4 year deal for Angelo Cataldi, the big dog in local morning sports talk radio on WIP.
3 ‘stinkin’ good quarterbacks, what Eagles coach Andy Reid says he has going into next year.
36 points for Scottie Reynolds to lead Villanova back in the second half to a win on the road over Louisville.
18 points off the bench for Elton Brand as the Sixers beat the Hornets and snapped a 4-game losing skid in the process.
70 home runs hit by Mark McGwire to set a new record back in 1998. He now says he was using steroids at the time.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Someone tell me Andy Reid is not serious in saying Donovan McNabb will be back as the Eagles starting QB next year. How exactly are they going to sell that?
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I Don’t Get It: Mark McGwire admitted yesterday was most people already suspected – he was using steroids when he was hitting all those home runs. Shame on him.
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Today’s Upper: So much for that scarcity of H1N1 vaccines. The state says more than 50,000 people got the vaccine at clinics last weekend and there’s plenty more for anyone who wants to get one.
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Quote Box: “We like Kevin Kolb and we like Michael Vick and we like Donovan McNabb.
- Eagles coach Andy Reid, talking about his quarterback situation yesterday.

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