The Daily Numbers - January 14

The Daily Numbers: 137 miles, from Philly to D.C., the train route that President-elect Barack Obama will take on Saturday, right through the heart of Delco.
40 different jurisdictions and 58 law enforcement agencies that will be on hand for some of the inaugural activities.
5 people arrested in connection with a string of car break-ins in the parking lots of country club across the region.
4 golf clubs in Delco that were targeted, including Aronimink, Edgmont, Concord and Paxon Hollow.
100,000 dollars in stolen goods that was believed fenced by the ring.
5,100 dollars, tuition at archdiocesan high schools, starting next fall. That’s a $240 hike.
300 greetings for our troops overseas gathered during the county’s annual Festival of Lights at Rose Tree Park. They will be sent to the U.S. Army’s 3rd Battalion, 7th Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 25th Infantry Division as a way to honor the memory of Pfc. Christopher Lotter. The Chester Heights soldier, who served with that unit, was killed in action on New Year’s Eve.
30 million dollar bond issue, to cover the county’s cost of the $115 million proposed soccer stadium in Chester, that will be voted on by County Council on Friday.
40 homes in Colingdale believed to be without water this morning after a main broke in the cold, shutting off service and closing MacDade Boulevard.
200,000 dollars worth of furs stolen by 3 suspects from a store in Elkins Park.
50 cats found roaming inside a home in Hammonton, N.J. The homeowner says she feeds the cats.
6 people who suffered minor injuries when 2 trolleys collided in Darby Borough yesterday morning.
3 Acme supermarkets in the region that will shut their doors, including one in West Chester. None of the stores is in Delco.
400 million pounds of polypropylene produced a year at a Sunoco plant in Bayport, Texas. The company will close the plant and hopes to increase production at other facilities, including Marcus Hook.
2 months probation for the Bucks County mother who held the sleepover that degenerated into a sex show involving another woman and some underage boys.
12 laptop computers ripped off by vandals who broke into Overbrook High School Tuesday.
1 person killed in a fatal fire in a West Philadelphia home overnight.
240,000 tickets that were issued for the Barack Obama inauguration in Washington next week.
1,000 bucks, what a seat in the lower level for the Eagles- Cardinals NFC title game in Phoenix game is going for online.
490 dollars, the highest face value of tickets for the game.
74, the high temperature yesterday in Phoenix
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Let the sun shine in. The University of Phoenix Stadium, where the Eagles and Cardinals clash Sunday in the NFC title game, has a retractable roof. But it likely will be closed Sunday despite all that gorgeous sunshine in the desert because the Cardinals want the joint as loud as possible for the Eagles.
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I Don’t Get It: Golf is tough enough. Now there’s insult being added to the high scores. Imagine hacking it around for 18 holes, then returning to your car in the parking lot only to find it has been broken into.
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Today’s Upper: Let’s hear it for the citizens of Chester, who are seeking to have the train carrying President-elect Barack Obama slow down as it rolls through the city on Saturday on the way to Washington, D.C.
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Quote Box: “If he slows down everywhere, he may never get there.”
-- State Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland, D-159, of Chester, on pleas to the Obama camp to have the presidential train slow down in Chester.

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