The Daily Numbers - Nov. 18

The Daily Numbers: 6 p.m. tonight, when marchers will take to the streets in Chester to mark the death of Kathy Ann Stewart.
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kids and a fiancee left behind by the death of Stewart, who was killed by a stray bullet that entered her mother’s Chester home Sunday night.
2 teens charged in 6 daytime burglaries in Drexel Hill. Police say the brazen teens videotaped their antics.
1 person killed in a crash on Route 322 in Concord yesterday.
85 employees of the state Historical and Museum Commission that are targeted in the latest round of job cuts. It is not expected to have any effect on shaky operation at Brandywine Battlefield.
5.73 percent increase in the Swarthmore budget, which translates to a tax hike for borough residents.
56 years, how long the Dad Vail Regatta has been held on the Schuylkill River in Philly. Not any more. It’s moving to Rumson, in North Jersey.
250,000 dollars in corporate sponsors put forth by the folks in Rumson to lure the regatta from Philly.
1 suspect shot and killed by a clerk when 3 men tried to hold up a liquor store in Wilmington, Del., last night.
1.5 million dollars allegedly ripped off from a client by an accountant who just happens to also be the treasurer of Whitpain Township in Montgomery County.
11 burglaries in 2 weeks that have put several Main Line communities on edge.
18, age of teen who was shot and killed on basketball court in South Philadelphia Tuesday night.
100,000 dollars ripped off from Winterthur Museum in Delaware. A former employee has been charged.
41, age of woman slain in her home in a home invasion in Southwest Philly.
5,000 to 10,000 dollars in small business loans being made available through the National Urban League in several cities, including Philadelphia.
3 GOP candidates now looking to be the next governor of Pa. State Rep.
Sam Rohrer of Berks County announced yesterday.
18 points for Carl Jones as he helped Saint Joe’s hold off Holy Cross yesterday.
19, as in No. 19 Georgetown, which topped Temple, 46-45.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.So what will it be Sunday night, sports fans, the Eagles vs. the Bears, or the MLS Cup title game. Uh, thought so.
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I Don’t Get It: So much for tradition. The Dad Vail Regatta and Philly just seemed to go together. Not anymore. They’re taking the money and heading for Rumson, N.J.
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Today’s Upper: Join the push to bring the World Cup to Philly. The city and our new MLS team, the Philadelphia Union, are trying to bring the biggest sporting event in the universe to the city in 2018 or 2022.
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Quote Box: “It’s just tragic all the way around.”
- Thomas Ramsay, attorney for Jonathan Trueheart, charged in fatal crash on Route 352 last week.

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