Thursday, January 21, 2010

The Daily Numbers - Jan. 21

The Daily Numbers: 17, age of Interboro student William James Bradley V, who was struck by a car and killed as he rode his bike home from school.
40, age of DRPA Police Cpl. Christopher Milito, who was struck and killed by a car as he came to a motorist’s aid on the Walt Whitman Bridge last weekend.
24 to 47 years in jail for a man convicted of gunning down a man on a Darby street.
21,000 dollars believed ripped off from dead clients by a disbarred lawyer from Newtown Square. He had previously pleaded guilty to ripping off disabled vets. Nice.
17,500 dollars in fines and court costs for truancy violations by a former Interboro High student. He’s now in jail when the law caught up with him.
13,500 dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the suspect who shot and wounded a Westtown-East Goshen officer this week.
125 parents who packed a meeting last night in an effort to keep Saint Joseph’s School open in Collingdale. The archdiocese is mulling a recommendation to close the doors after this year.
718,417 dollars in debt. That’s what the new council in Norwood says was left in their lap by the outgoing board. That includes $504,000 in unpaid bills.
25 percent of all donations to the Haiti relief funds that’s been done by text message. That’s $24 million in $10 increments. All you have to do is text ‘Haiti” to 90999.
25 birds seized when SPCA officers raided a home in Kensington section of Philadelphia suspected as being a base for a cockfighting ring.
189 million dollars, amount players lost in casino slot machines in Pa.
in December. It’s the first time the Pa. number has been greater than New Jersey. Pa. is now No. 1 in the Northeast.
15 years in prison for an investment adviser from West Chester who admitted swindling elderly clients out of $1.5 million.
7.5 hours a day, how much time the experts tell us kids are spending using electronic media.
65 million dollar jackpot up for grabs Saturday night after no one hit all the Powerball numbers last night.
3 men charged in a plot in which 2 of them were hired by a New Jersey bowling alley owner to torch a rival lanes. The place was destroyed.
24 points for Andre Miller as the Trail Blazers beat the Sixers last night. Nah, they don’t need him.
19-8, the Blazers record in the games in which Miller has started.
8 straight wins for Villanova, which rolled over Rutgers last night, 94-68.
22 points for Temple senior standout Ryan Brooks as the Owls won a big game over A-10 rival Xavier, 77-72.
16 of 20 losses recently for tonight’s Flyers foe, the Columbus Blue Jackets, coached by our old pal Ken Hitchcock.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Donovan McNabb has surfaced with a new blog item. He has titled it ‘Unfinished Business.’ Spare me.
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I Don’t Get It: Talk about a hot business rivalry. The owner of a bowling alley in New Jersey apparently tired of losing business to another lanes not far away. His solution? Police say he hired two guys to burn it down. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: The family of a former Villanova lacrosse star who was shot in a street confrontation in Old City over the weekend say he was a hero, putting his body between the shooter and his friends.
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Quote Box: “I’m sorry. Really, really sorry.”
- Card left at makeshift memorial to Interboro student William James Bradley V, who was struck and killed as he rode his bike home from school.

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