The Daily Numbers - Nov. 16

The Daily Numbers: 3 trips into the red zone for the Eagles in the first half yesterday, and they came away with 3 David Akers field goals. Not good enough.
3 people stabbed in a home in Collingdale Sunday.
2 Upper Darby bars shut down by police after they had to respond to a host of incidents in the past year.
49, age of woman shot inside her Chester home by a gunshot fired from outside.
5.31 or 9.47 percent tax hike looming in Nether Providence under the proposed budget.
1,500 to 2,000 people who attended a rally over the weekend in Harrisburg to push for fiscal responsibility.
6 N.J. counties declared emergencies in the wake of the powerful Nor’easter that battered the shore over the weekend.
2.73 a gallon, average price at the pump in the Philly metro region.
22, age of man found slain on sidewalk in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia.
576 deer that officials in Lower Merion hope can be killed as they schedule a hunt this week to thin the herd.
323 feet high smokestack atop the old Pennsylvania Railroad steam plant near 30th Street Station that was knocked down early Sunday.
2 people, a father and son, killed when their small plane went down shortly after takeoff Saturday morning near Woodbine Municipal Airport.
2 concussions now suffered by Brian Westbrook. He likely will be out indefinitely after being forced out of his 2nd straight game.
450 yards passing for Donovan McNabb, but the Birds still came up short in San Diego.
96 yards rushing for Chargers running back LaDainian Tomlinson, who had struggled so far this year.
6 to 8 weeks, how long 76ers forward Marreese Speights is expected to be out with a knee injury.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Someone should ask Joe Banner about that definition of insanity he offered after last year’s NFC title game. He said it was doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. Yep, sounds crazy to me. And familiar.
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I Don’t Get It: Why some people are so quick to doubt a person’s story when they report a crime to police.
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Today’s Upper: Hey, maybe this is going to be winter this year.
Afternoon highs in the 60s, cool nights. Yeah, I know, it can’t last forever.
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Quote Box: “I think in the past two years we’ve made a lot of progress …. Although we realize there is still a lot of work to be done.”
- Bill Tyson, president of the board of the Delco SPCA.

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