The Daily Numbers - March 25

The Daily Numbers: 2 kids, ages 3 and 6, left behind by woman who was found stabbed to death in her Upper Chichester home.
100 people who gathered outside Dana Felts’ house last night at a vigil in her memory.
12,000 dollars, how much police say an official with the Marcus Hook Trainer Volunteer Firefighters Relief Association stole from the fund.
50 dollar registration fee and $200 “commitment” being required of parents at St. Joseph’s School in Collingdale as it struggles to survive.
6 more days, how long St. Joe’s has to show the archdiocese that they have 200 children registered for the next school year or they could be closed.
22, age of man held for trial for ripping off the collection proceeds at St. Andrew’s Church in Drexel Hill.
100,000 dollar heist of an ATM machine that was carted out of Delaware County Memorial Hospital. A suspect was held for trial after a hearing yesterday.
21, age of Casey Feldman of Springfield, who was struck and killed as she tried to cross a busy street in Ocean City, N.J., last summer. The driver this week pleaded guilty to a careless driving charge and was fined $200.
1 percent uptick in the Delco population, according to new census figures.
558,028 residents in Delaware County as of July 2009, according to census numbers. That’s opposed to 550,864 in the 200 census count.
1, as in No 1, the fastest growing county in Pennsylvania? Delco? No, that would be our neighbors out in Chester County.
13.9 million dollar deal to manufacture decoys for U.S. military jets for Alloy Surfaces Co., based in Chester Township.
274 percent hike in the U.S. trade deficit with China since 2001. That’s eliminated an estimated 95,700 jobs in Pa., according to a new study.
79 employees expected to get the ax in Burlington Township, N.J., as the town struggles with budget woes.
100 protesters who gathered yesterday to protest plans by city of Philadelphia to enact tax on sodas and other sweet drinks.
3 years in jail for a woman convicted of stealing credit cards and other items from cars parked at Valley Forge National Park.
471 counts filed against a Delaware pediatrician charged with sexually abusing his young patients. He pleaded not guilty yesterday.
12, age of suspect charged with putting a knife to the ribs of a 9-year-old classmate at Thomas Creighton School in Crescentville section of Philly.
45.2 million dollar Powerball jackpot up for grabs Saturday night. No one hit all the numbers last night.
15 points for rookie Jrue Holiday as the Sixers upset the Bucks in Milwaukee last night, 101-86.
1, as in the first game ever tonight for the Philadelphia Union, which kicks off the MLS season in Seattle.
10 years with the Eagles for Donovan McNabb. His reign may be coming to an end as trade talks swirl about the Birds’ starting QB.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.It’s time for Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb to part ways. A lot of people wish it was the other way around, but it looks as if McNabb will go, while Reid will stick around.
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I Don’t Get It: Two words: Flash mobs. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Keosayian family of Concord, who are turning a family tragedy involving suicide into a valuable learning lesson for others dealing with these tragic circumstances.
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Quote Box: “She was a good mother. I really can’t imagine who would do something like this.”
- Brenda McCabe, friend of Dana Felts, the mom who was fatally stabbed in her Upper Chichester home.

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