The Daily Numbers - April 20

The Daily Numbers: 21 Delco students named to the annual All-Delco Hi-Q team.
18 Delco teachers honored with Excellence in Teaching Awards. Both the students and teachers will be honored at a dinner Thursday night.
46 homes sold at auction during a sheriff’s sale for back taxes on Friday at the county Sheriff’s Office.
76 high school seniors from 46 schools in the 7th Congressional District honored at a special dinner Sunday.
95 more arrests in 2nd weekend of Operation Pressure Point crackdown on crime in Philadelphia.
2 teens killed in a shooting in Grays Ferry last Sunday night.
2 also wounded in a bloody weekend in Philadelphia.
14 people injured when a car slammed into a restaurant in Pottstown.
300 acres burned in a forest fire over the weekend in South Jersey. The fire is likely to smolder for several more days.
8 people injured when a car went out of control in Kensington Saturday, slamming into seven different cars.
19, age of student at Furness High School in Philadelhphia who collapsed and died after completing a charity walk in the city Sunday.
300 people in Bensalem who have been without water since Sunday afternoon because of a water main break.
7.8 percent unemployment rate in Pennsylvania.
13 percent of Americans who now believe they will be able to afford to retire comfortably. That’s an all-time low.
1,000 dollar reward for info leading to capture and conviction of the suspect who stole a box containing $5,500 in donations to the Susan B.
Komen Cancer Fund in Philly last week.
22, age of man who police believe ran over his 40-year-old girlfriend in Upper Darby.
10 years since 2 students went on a rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 classmates and a teacher.
2.09, average price of gas in the Philadelphia region over the weekend.
2.2 seconds left when Andre Iguodala’s jumper gave the Sixers the lead.
They took a stunning 1-0 lead over the Magic in their first-round NBA playoff series.
18 points down, where the Sixers were earlier in the contest.
2-1, where the Flyers-Pens series stands after the orange and black dominated the Pens Sunday at the Wachovia Center.
5 home runs for Raul Ibanez, whose walk-off two-run shot propelled the Phils to a 5-4 win over the Padres Sunday. He’s hitting .386. Pat who?
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Doesn’t get much better for Philly sports fans than Sunday. All three teams won, and the Eagles announced a major signing.
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I Don’t Get It: So much for spring. Now we head back to the cold and rain that has been the calling card of his miserable spring.
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Today’s Upper: Let’s hear it for the teachers and students who snagged honors and will be lauded Thursday night at the Drexelbrook
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Quote Box: “It’s something that puts kids on a team together that lets them work as a team.”
-- All-Delco Hi-Q team member Nicole Lock, from Garnet Valley High School, on why she likes the competition.

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