The Daily Numbers - June 4

The Daily Numbers: 60 emergency responders who were called out to a Springfield neighborhood after a bogus call, apparently part of a new fad called “swatting.” Nice.
65 dollars more in taxes for the average home in Southeast Delco School District under 12 percent tax hike in budget given OK by school board.
15 years in jail for 2 carjackers who preyed on suburban women, targeting high-end cars that they would then ship overseas.
2 bank heists, in Lansdowne and Sharon Hill, believed to be the work of a homeless man.
10, age of missing girl in Philadelphia who has been found safe and sound.
2 women who have been arrested in the theft of several charity donation jars from a convenience store counter in Bucks County.
70 million dollars paid to 2 Penn grads by Google for their Internet business, Invite Media.
25,000 dollar reward for information in the strangulation murder and sexual assault of a Northern Liberties woman.
50,000 dollars a year pension for ex-Philly managing director Camille Barnett, who stepped down after being on job just 2 years.
2 people, a man and woman, now charged with murder in the kidnap and killing of a man from a parking garage at an Atlantic City casino.
650,000 donated by First Niagara so Philadelpia can open all of its pools this summer.
2 killed, 2 others wounded and in critical condition in Philly shootings.
1.5 million to be paid out by a Chester County firm on a harassment complaint filed by someone who had a billing problem.
2.9 earthquake that rippled through York area yesterday.
4, as in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals on tap tonight with Flyers vs.
Blackhawks.
3-game losing skid the Phils will try to snap across the street at Citizens Bank Park.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.So who scores more tonight, the Phillies or Flyers?
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I Don’t Get It: Now we have to deal with something called “swatting,”
bogus calls to 911 centers trying to get a SWAT team to respond. Cute.
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Today’s Upper: Serious kudos to First Niagara Bank of Harleysville, which stepped up and kicked in $600,000 so Philadelphia can open all its pools this summer.
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Quote Box: “These people were put through a traumatic evening.”
- Springfield Police Chief Joe Daly, on the bogus ‘swatting’ call’s effect on one local family.

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