Monday, January 18, 2010

The Daily Numbers - Jan. 18

The Daily Numbers: 31 of Delco’s 49 municipalities that hiked taxes in their budgets this year. And that does not count the county, which also hit taxpayers with a hike.
7 percent increase in the levy on Delco taxpayers for their county tax bill.
94,700 dollars in merchandise ripped off from Terrain at Styers in Concord last week.
4 gunshots suffered by an Upper Darby teen during a struggle with 2 other teens.
5,000 worth of jewels that were stashed in a freezer in a Middletown home.
100 years of Catholic worship celebrated Sunday at Sacred Heart Parish in Clifton Heights.
1 person shot 4 times Saturday night after an altercation at 4th and Market streets in Old City Philadelphia.
16 year veteran of the DRPA police force, Christopher Milito of Media was struck and killed on the Walt Whitman Bridge early Saturday.
450 million deficit already looming in the state. Gov. Ed Rendell says he’s cut just about everything he can. Any other forms of gambling available?
4 survivors of the devastating Haiti earthquake who were airlifted out and are being treated at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
2.83, average price of gas in 5-county Philly region as the prices continues to creep up.
3 points scored by the Cowboys yesterday as they got blown out by the Vikings.
27 points for Scottie Reynolds as Villanova rolled to an 82-77 win over Georgetown.
2 goal lead for the Flyers but they couldn’t make it hold up and lost, 5-3, to the Caps.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Yes, I can admit to thoroughly enjoying watching the Cowboys fall to the Vikings yesterday, including that last touchdown that the ‘Boys believe was a case of running up the score by the Vikes.
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I Don’t Get It: The Golden Globes. How many days until the Academy Awards?
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to American Red Cross Emergency Preparedness Director Alex Agosti, who visited a church in East Lansdowne with a large Haitian population Sunday and offering his condolenes to those grieving, and help for others.
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Quote Box: “Our couhntry is in agony.”
- Pastor Henry Dorval, to his congregation at Deliverance Church of God in East Lansdowne, about the situation in Haiti.

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