The Daily Numbers - July 27

The Daily Numbers: 2 people in custody and a third likely to be charged in the beating death of a fan in a parking lot outside Citizens Bank Park Saturday night.
200 kids who will be in Darby, Lansdowne and Yeadon this week rehabbing houses as part of a summer camp run by Community Action Agency.
4 people shot in a deadly weekend on the streets of Philadelphia.
107 million fewer miles driven by Pennsylvanians in May. That’s down 1.2 percent from last year.
2.54 a gallon, what we’re paying on average at the pump in the Philly region today.
1 woman killed while trying to cross Roosevelt Boulevard in Northeast Philly Sunday night.
4 feet long, Sarmuai sword police say a Del. man used to kill his girlfriend.
39, age of man charged in the indecent assault of a woman while they rode the Market Frankford El.
8 DUI offenses racked up by a Newark, Del., man.
900 dollars in change apparently ripped off by a parking meter attendant in Wildwood, N.J.
15 million dollars being sought to build an “energy campus” at the South Philly navy yard.
25, age of former “American Idol” contestant from Allentown who was struck and killed by a car n Ocean County, N.J.
18 contestants left in the Delco Idol Jr. contest after 5 more were shown the door last night.
102 million dollars up for grabs in the Powerball drawing Wednesday night after no one hit over the weekend.
8 people killed in a wrong-way crash on the Taconic State Parkway in New York last night.
4 homers for the Phils yesterday as they blasted their way past the St.
Louis Cardinals, 9-2.
8 strong innings for Joe Blanton, who gave up just 2 runs and struck out 6.
1 inning in a minor league rehab stint that was interrupted by rain for Pedro Martinez.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.It’s beginning to look more and more as if the Phils are not going to get Roy Halladay unless they are willing to part with both J.A. Happ and Kyle Drabek. That’s a steep price. But Halladay just might be worth it.
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I Don’t Get It: Once again, Philly fans are sporting a bright shiner after a couple of ugly incidents at Citizens Bank Park over the weekend.
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Today’s Upper: The Philadelphia Zoo has its bird back. The sun conure flew the coop last week, but was recaptured after it was spotted in nearby Fairmount Park.
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Quote Box: “It’s like we lost a family member.”
- Carol Baxter, administrator at Granite Farms Estates, on the death of co-worker Andrea Arrington.

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