The Daily Numbers - April 21

The Daily Numbers: 3 teen boys who were struck by a car driven by a Lansdowne woman back on Nov. 24. She was held for trial in the case.
3 men in custody in a gunbattle that raged on a Darby street yesterday afternoon. It happened near an elementary school.
41, age of the former head of the Special Victims Unit in Bensalem. He now faces charges of sexual assault.
31, age of woman, a convicted sex offender, in Lansdale who now faces new charges of having sex with a teen boy.
2 people struck by a car last night on the campus of West Chester University.
24 more sex charges filed against Dr. Earl Bradley in southern Delaware.
The pediatrician already faces charges that he videotaped and molested hundreds of children.
270 full-time jobs being created by an auto-finishing plant being proposed for a waterfront site in Philly near the Walt Whitman Bridge.
260 of 479 school budgets in 19 counties rejected by voters in New Jersey.
400 vote margin, by which the budget in Cherry Hill was voted down.
2 Philadelphia firefighters, a father and son, who now face charges in a road rage case in which another driver was beaten up.
13, age of skateboarder struck and killed by a motorist in Bucks County on March 17. A 25-year-old driver has now been charged with being under the influence at the time.
1 million dollars now being offered for Valley Swim Club in Montgomery County, site of racial bias case last summer.
2 home runs surrendered by Ryan Madson last night as the Phils blew a 3-0 lead and lost to the Braves, 4-3.
8 strong innings for starter Kyle Kendrick, which went down the drain thanks to the bullpen.
3 straight losses now for the suddenly scuffling Phillies.
3-1 lead for the Flyers as they look to put away the Devils Thursday night.
3 of October, circle the date, that’s when Donovan McNabb returns to Lincoln Financial Field with the Redskins.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Brad Lidge can’t get back soon enough. And if he struggles, don’t ask what the Phillies are going to do for a closer. One thing we now know once again. Ryan Madson is not a closer.
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I Don’t Get It: If there’s a more sinister, uglier case than the child molestation charges swirling around Dr. Earl Bradley in Lewes, Del., I haven’t seen it. Almost beyond belief.
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Today’s Upper: Let’s hear it for the kids who staged a “flash” without the “mob” yesterday in Rittenhouse Square. Well done.
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Quote Box: “At any time in those next 15 or 20 minutes there could have been 20 or 30 kids there.”
- Darby top cop Bob Smythe, on a shootout yesterday not far from a local elementary school.

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