The Daily Numbers - May 27

The Daily Numbers: 4 bullets in the back for Upper Darby Officer Ray Blohm, courtesy of a confrontation with a suspect. He displayed his gruesome wounds yesterday.
7 GOP members of Senate Judiciary Committee who are asking Attorney General Eric Holder to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Joe Sestak’s “Job Gate” issue with the White House.
50,000 dollars bail for celebrity boxing promoter Damon Feldman. He was held for trial yesterday on a slew of charges, including new felony charges of fraud and bribery.
325 dollars to $10,000, what you can expect to shell out if you want tickets to a Flyers Stanley Cup Finals game.
54 million dollar renovation project at Strath Haven Middle School that is now approaching conclusion.
28.67 students in the fifth grade class sections at Haverford School District. That’s up from 25.75 students after recent cutbacks.
60 to 70 percent, chances that the latest attempt to plug the oil spill in the Gulf via a process called a “top kill” will work.
1 of two casinos set for the city of Philadelphia that could leave the city if a Senate panel revokes its gaming license.
25, age of illegal immigrant now charged in a fatal DUI crash in Delaware.
137 marijuana plants seized in a raid at a martial arts facility in Philadelphia.
220 million dollar Powerball jackpot now up for grabs Saturday night after no one hit all the numbers last night.
88 degrees, the expected high today. It will drop 20 degrees when storms roll through late this afternoon.
2 more days until the Flyers and Blackhawks tee it up in the Stanley Cup Finals. Puck drops 8 p.m. Saturday in Chicago.
37 of the last 38 innings the Phils have failed to score a run. They got shut out again last night by the Mets, 5-0.
4 straight losses for the Phils. They mustered only 7 hits last night.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Here’s today’s mantra for the Phillies: Let’s go, Flyers. The Phils are now on the backburner. And that’s a good thing. They’re in one of their offensive funks.
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I Don’t Get It: Not a bright idea by a group of guys to stage what appeared to be an abduction at Penn’s Landing last night. It turned out to be a prank tied to a bachelor party. Nice.
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Today’s Upper: Our kudos to Upper Darby Officer Ray Blohm, who displayed the gruesome wounds he received in a gun battle last week.
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Quote Box: “I thought, I can’t believe this guy would pull a gun on me and try to kill me.”
- Upper Darby Officer Ray Blohm, on the street shooting that left him with four bullet wounds.

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