The Daily Numbers -- Oct. 10

The Daily Numbers: 359 bucks worth of stuff police say the Upper Darby grandma "lifted" from the 69th Street Sears store with the unwitting help of her granddaughter.

4 years old, age of the little girl who police say was being used by her grandmom in the scam.

3 years old, age of girl who slipped from a pier in South Philadelphia and drowned in the Schuylkill River.

2 dollars per bag handling fee on luggage being handled by skycaps at Philly International Airport. Skycaps, who make $2.83 per hour and have to hustle for a living, say the new fee is cutting into their livelihood.

100 jobs being moved by Comcast from Connecticut to its new HQ under construction in center city Philadelphia. They’re management jobs with their Versus network.

7 billion being spent by Newtown Square-based SAP to buy Business Objects SA, based in Paris and San Jose, Calif.

5,500 faculty members at state-owned universities such as West Chester and Cheyney who will not be going out on strike. They approved a new deal by a vote of 2,699-1,172.

15, age of teen shot and killed by Philadelphia police after he confronted them with a clothes iron. The way police responded is now under review.

300 people who turned out to pay their respects to one of two armored truck guards slain in a heist in North Philadelphia last week.

139 cases of salmonella being linked to Banquet pot pies in 30 states, including Pennsylvania. ConAgra has stopped production at the plant that produced the items.

3 white high school students who will be suspended or expelled in Lititz, Lancaster County, for spewing racial slurs at a group of black students.

16 million dollars now up for grabs in the next Mega Millions jackpot drawing Friday night.

2 more years for Charlie Manuel as skipper of the Phillies. He got an extension, and the club has the option for a third year.

20 million dollars the amount the Atlanta Falcons are going to recoup from disgraced star QB Michael Vick, who has pleaded guilty to this role in a dogfighting ring.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan. Do I think Charlie Manuel is a brilliant strategist? Not exactly. But anyone who believes the Phillies were going to make a change after what the Phils did in rallying to take the National League East crown doesn’t really understand baseball. But Charlie better hope the team doesn’t get off to another slow start next year.

I Don’t Get It (with apologies to Jack McCaffery): On Tuesday Philadelphia City Council was dealing with a possible mandate for local eateries to list nutritional information on their menus. Today they are once again dealing with the trans fat issue. All in a city where the homicide rate is going through the roof and people are beginning to feel unsafe on city streets. I don’t get it.

Today’s Upper: The news is in from the National Weather Service in terms of the winter forecast. Temperatures for the region are expected to be above normal. They are quick to indicate that does not necessarily translate into a lack of snow. We can only hope.

Quote Box: "Not only is this lady a grandmom stealing from Sears, she’s stealing this child’s innocence."
-- Upper Darby police Superintendent Michael Chitwood, on the case of grandmom arrested in shoplifting case in which she is believed to have used her 4-year-old granddaughter as an accomplice.

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