The Daily Numbers - Aug. 12

The Daily Numbers: $50,000, what an Upper Darby woman is seeking in a lawsuit against Disney claiming she was groped by a Mickey Mouse character.
2 teens who have been charged in a vandalism spree that did serious damage inside Academy Park High School.
60, age of man charged in Upper Darby with approaching two girls, 5 and 7, in a local playground and asking them for sex.
3 Philly men charged in the latest Chester shooting. A 55-year-old man was wounded in the attempted abduction.
17, age of junior firefighter in Darby Township charged with setting a fire in a dumpster outside a local beauty salon.
271 animals adopted in July from the Delaware County SPCA. That’s an 11 percent increase, 60 more than the 211 adopted in June.
10,000 dead fish that washed up along the shore on the Delaware Bay in South Jersey.
4, age of little boy who died in an accidental shooting at his home in Royersford.
4 Philadelphia police officers injured during a drug raid last night.
20,000 dollars worth of jewelry swiped by people who were visiting a home in Newtown, Bucks County, during an open house. It’s one of several such incidents in the area recently.
265 point plunge for the Down Jones yesterday. There goes the old 401K. Do yourself a favor. Don’t look.
21 years on house arrest, the sentence handed down to a woman from Warminster who ripped off her employer for almost a half-million dollars. She will be allowed to go to work so she can repay the debt, but otherwise will be confined to her home.
280 million dollar budget gap that could trigger more state spending cuts, according to Gov. Ed Rendell.
38 million dollars up for grabs on the Powerball drawing Saturday night.
16 percent increase in electricity use so far this summer, according to 11, age of girl raped by a 27-year-old man in Philly. He pleaded guilty in the case.
30 years in state prison without parole for the man who gunned down a casino employee in Atlantic City.
7 scoreless innings last night for Roy Oswalt as the Phils shut out the Dodgers.
1-2-3 9th inning for Brad Lidge, including two strikeouts.
15-4, Phils record since July 22.
1-1 tie for Philadelphia Union at PPL Park in Chester last night vs. Real Salt Lake.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Good news and bad news for Phils on injury front. Chase Utley has been cleared to swing a bat, and Shane Victorino continues to rehab nicely at Lehigh Valley. But they likely lost key bench guy Ross Gload last night when he strained a groin on a double. Gload had been swinging a very hot bat and providing some needed punch off the Phils bench.
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I Don’t Get It: Why do the Eagles insist on getting themselves into these no-win situation. This time it was a guy wearing a No. 5 Donovan McNabb Redskins’ jersey. They should have ignored it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Delco SPCA, where adoptions are way up.
That’s the whole idea.
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Quote Box: “We’ll be looking at restitution.”
- Southeast Delco Superintendent Stephen Butz, after two teens were busted in a vandalism spree at Academy Park High School.

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