The Daily Numbers -- Nov. 5

The Daily Numbers: 21 age of suspect still being sought in the murder of Philadelphia Officer Chuck Cassidy.

3 times the suspect known as John Lewis has been arrested in recent the last 3 years. They were for minor offenses and drug problems, nothing like the murder charge he’ll now face.

153,000 dollars, the amount of the reward now being posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect in Cassidy’s execution inside a Dunkin Donuts store in West Oak Lane.

2 people killed when a small plane crashed shortly after it took off Sunday from Cormans Airport near Farmington, Del.

1 person killed when flames roared through a home in the Tioga section of Philadelphia early Sunday. Just blocks away, a woman was found shot in the head inside her home.

15 years in the slammer, what the former boss of the Independence Seaport Museum in Philadelphia was sentenced to for defrauding the museum out of more than $900,000

1 dollar a barrel, how much oil prices fell in Asian trading early today. It actually fell $1.13 to $94.80 a barrel. Don’t wait for that savings to show up at the pump.

1,500 jobs being credited to a boost in Philadelphia region tourism. Visitors spent more than $10 billion.

26.39 million visitors arrived in the five-county region in 2006.

8 feet high, size of mesh fence movie director M. Night Shyamalan has gotten the OK to erect around his property in Willistown Township to war off pesky deer that are feasting on his gardens.

1 in 5, number of voters expected to actually go to the polls in Delaware County tomorrow.

10 catches for Terrell Owens as the Cowboys throttled the Eagles in prime time last night.

10 catches for all the Eagles wide receivers, not including running backs and tight ends. No, they don’t miss T.O. at all.

6 points for Mongignor Bonner as they fell to Archbishop Ryan Sunday, 36-6.

2 seed for Ridley in the PIAA high school football playoffs. They’ll meet Interboro in the first round.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
The time between now and the start of spring training is going to feel interminable. Maybe the Flyers make the playoffs. The Sixers are going nowhere. The Eagles are going to be right beside them. Wake me when we get to Clearwater.

I Don’t Get It: Can we stop talking about Andy Reid the father and start talking about Andy Reid the GM and coach. This team doesn’t have enough talent, and gets outcoached on a weekly basis.

Today’s Upper: One more day for the incessant political commercials. And all to get maybe 15-20 percent of those eligible out to the polls.

Quote Box: "In the situation we’re in, you just have to do whatever you have to do to get in the playoffs."
-- Eagles QB Donovan McNabb, after the Birds got whipped by the Cowboys Sunday night.

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