The Daily Numbers -- April 2

The Daily Numbers: 4 people whose deaths inside a Chester apartment remain a mystery. The investigative trail now awaits results of toxicological and other tests on the victims.


7 “flashing” incidents on the Villanova campus, all believed linked to one man. You can see a surveillance pic of the suspect both in the newspaper and on our Web site today.


2 hours, how long it took authorities to coax a man from his Primos home after a standoff with police early Tuesday morning.


200 people who gathered Tuesday at St. Cyril’s Church in Lansdowne for the funeral of Sean Patrick Conroy, the man who died after a scuffle with a group of teens on a Center City subway platform.


80 people chased from their homes Tuesday night when flames roared through several units at the William Henry Apartments in Malvern.


3 people being sought for stealing the ID of a woman from Aston and then going on a shopping spree, including buying a $2,200 mink coat.


25 to 65 bucks, the cost of catalytic converters that are increasingly being stolen from cars. Thieves are targeting them so they can resell the valuable metals inside.


1 million dollar bail set for man charged with the murder of his girlfriend, a Rutgers senior and mother of a 2-year-old son, who was discovered sitting next to his mom’s lifeless body.


1 dollar, the discounted price being touted by still another bus company for a ride from Philly to New York City.


2 hours, time that the campus of Millersville University in Lancaster County was locked down yesterday after a student reported a threat.


65, age of woman charged with killing another woman in a Bucks County church. Police now say the case seems to be rooted in jealousy. The suspect was ticked by the amount of attention and aid her victim, 42, was receiving from the pastor.


14 community colleges in the state that were in Harrisburg Tuesday pushing for an increase in funding.


391 point surge on Wall Street yesterday, first day of the second quarter. Investors might be ready to get past the credit crunch and jump back into the market.


3 huge buckets in the final two minutes by Lou Williams last night to propel the Sixers to a 108-99 win over the Nets. Call him Sweet Lou.


44 degrees, temperature tonight for the Phillies-Nats game, as the locals try to break into the win column at Citizens Bank Park.


3.79 ERA last year for journeyman pitcher Rudy Seanez, signed by the Phils to shore up their bullpen. He went 6-3 for the Dodgers last year before being released in spring training.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Let’s start the chant now, Phillies fans. “Ru-dy! Ru-dy! Ru-dy!”
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I Don’t Get It: The weather will match the fans’ mood if the Phils fall behind tonight. Can you say chilly?


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Today’s Upper: Our local hero Jack Whelan got a standing ovation from his peers at yesterday’s County Council meeting for his efforts in intervening in the life-and-death tussle between a CVS worker and a suspected shoplifter. We concur.


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Quote Box: “He’ll be buried in mother’s arms. She loved that baby.”

-- A sobbing Karen Saunders, mother of Lindsay Cassidy and grandmother of Kolby O’Brien, on funerals for the two, who were found dead in a Chester apartment Sunday.

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