The Daily Numbers -- Nov. 2

The Daily Numbers: 8 to 23 months for Britt Reid, son of Andy Reid, for his role in a road-rage incident in which he brandished a gun.

2 to 23 months for his older brother Garrett for his role in a crash in which he was under the influence. Both men also are now facing new drug allegations.

115,000 dollars, the amount of the reward now posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the gunman who shot and killed Philadelphia Officer Chuck Cassidy when he walked in on a robbery at a Dunkin Donuts.

12 million dollars in advertising planned by the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corp. in an effort to change the city’s persistent blue-collar image.

2 cent spike in the price of gasoline. We’re now paying an average of $2.87 a gallon. Want some good news? That’s still 5 cents below the state average, and 4 cents below the national average.

2 sons in Newark, Del., and their father who are now charged in the baseball-bat beating of another teen. Just one more happy family.

0.29 the blood-alcohol level of a man charged in a hit-run accident in Bucks County that killed a 14-year-old boy. And that was taken three hours after the crash. It put the driver almost three times over the legal limit.

2.9 billion dollars up in smoke, sort of. That’s what Altria is paying to buy a local cigar company, John Middleton.

60 to 80 mph, what police believe a woman was doing in her SUV when she slammed into several cars and a state police cruiser on the shoulder of the Schuylkill Expressway several weeks ago. She now faces charges of driving under the influence.

10,000 dollars a year, what a bill now in front of Mayor John Street would pay in tax credits to businesses who hire ex-offenders.

195,000 dollars, what a consumer group wants Comcast to pay for every affected subscriber in the flap over interfering with file sharing.

5 million frozen pizzas being recalled by Totino’s and Jeno’s brands in still another fear over E. coli contamination.

3 losses in last 5 games for the Flyers, who are now struggling after their hot start.

5 goals they gave up last night in a loss in Montreal to the Canadiens.

3 to 2 win for the Springfield Volleyball team over Pennsbury, which puts them into the District 1 title game. They’ve already qualified for next week’s state PIAA tourney.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
For some reason it doesn’t really feel like Dallas week. Maybe it’s the Reid family saga. Maybe it’s because the Eagles aren’t all that good. Maybe it’s because I think there’s a good chance the Birds get smoked on national TV. Maybe it’s all of the above.

I Don’t Get It: Andy Reid’s just going to walk out on that field Sunday night, in front of a national TV audience, like it’s another game? I don’t get it.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to all the Delco police officers we talked to yesterday in the wake of the fatal shooting of one of their brothers in Philadelphia. And for reminding us it’s something they face every day, on every call.

Quote Box: "I’m at the point in my life where I have already made the decision that I don’t want to die doing drugs."
-- Garrett Reid, eldest son of Eagles coach Andy Reid, in court yesterday for his sentencing.

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