Monday, February 22, 2010

The Daily Numbers - Feb. 22

The Daily Numbers: 4, as in 4th place, where ice dancers Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto, are sitting going into tonight’s finals in Vancouver.
100,000 dollars in kickbacks for which the former head of the biggest union at Boeing will be sentenced in federal court this morning.
3 Delco high schools set for the finals of the Hi-Q contest. They would be defending champ Penncrest, Garnet Valley and Haverford.
19,239 dollars that’s at center of finance dispute in Ridley Park.
4 people chased from their home when fire roared through a house in Nether Providence.
2, age of girl found abandoned at a gas station in Newark Del., over the weekend.
4 people shot at the Black Diamond bar in North Philly. One person died.
300 dollars ripped off in latest robbery of a 7-Eleven store in North Philly. It’s one in a series of heists involving convenience stores.
10, age of boy injured in a pit bull attack in Philly. It comes a day after a woman was mauled and killed in another attack.
1 Philly police officer injured in a hit-run incident early Monday morning.
7.8 million dollars raised by Penn State students at this year’s dance marathon in the Jordan Center in State College.
9,000 dollars paid at auction for the trademark thick glasses worn by Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. He recently had eye correction surgery.
19, age of Marine from Scranton who was killed in action in Afghanistan.
2.74, what we’re paying for gas on average in the Philly region the past week.
2 straight losses for Villanova, 1st time that’s happened in 2 years.
49.5 homers and 143 RBIs, what Phillies slugger Ryan Howard has average over the past 4 years.
45,000 tickets sold by the Phillies last Thursday when they put single-game tickets on sale.
24 points for Udel standout Elena Delle Donne, to set the school’s single-season scoring record.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Villanova might be in the process of playing itself out of a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tourney.
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I Don’t Get It: Police in Delaware are trying to ID a 2-year-old girl found abandoned at a gas station. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: There was a fire at the offices of Philadelphia International Records in Philly, home of the Sound of Philly. That’s not the Upper. None of their classic tracks was damaged. That is.
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Quote Box: “We will be cheering loudly for Tanith and Ben, that’s for sure.”
- Joey Suchodolski, director of skating at Ice Works, where the Olympic ice dancers train.

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