The Daily Numbers - Aug. 18

The Daily Numbers: 3 recent home invasions, in Upper Darby, Haverford and Ridley, in which Asian business owners from 69th Street have been the targets.
45-36 lead for Republican Pat Toomey over Joe Sestak in a Public Policy Polling survey of the Pa. Senate race. Similar gap of 46-37 for Toomey in the latest Rasmussen poll.
2 alarm fire that damaged a home in Marcus Hook.
2 arrests in Chester of 2 convicted felons on weapons charges that were the result of the city’s bike patrols.
50 friends and family who gathered on the 5th anniversary of the murder of Lori Ann Sullivan to remember their loved one.
3 Delco school districts, Chester Upland, William Penn and Southeast Delco, applying for some serious federal money aimed at improving achievement in schools that are struggling.
450,805 dollar grant accepted by county council to fund the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.
1 of 24 counts on which former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted. The jury deadlocked on 23 others.
10 complaints filed this summer by pilots who claim laser pointers were directed at them as they approached the Atlantic City International Airport.
22, size of football cleats needed by a high school player in New Jersey.
1, ranking for Villanova for regional universities – north category by in U.S. News and World Report 3, ranking of Swarthmore College in U.S. News and World Report rankings of liberal arts colleges. Haverford College came in at 9, and Bryn Mawr at 30.
24, age of Army Spec. Jamal Rhett, of Palmyra, N.J., who was killed in action in Afghanistan.
6 people wounded in 5 shooting incidents this past weekend in Chester.
29 year veteran Philadelphia police officer injured in a scuffle with a shoplifting suspect outside a drug store.
2 convicted cop killers who got life in prison – not the death penalty – after a jury in Philadelphia deadlocked on their fate.
2 victims of duck boat tragedy in Philly whose parents visited the site where their children died on Tuesday.
46, age of former parochial school aide in Montgomery County who pleaded guilty to child molestation charges.
0 criminal charges being filed in connection with that controversy over laptop-spying in Lower Merion School District.
1.2 million scam run by a man on 1,000 businesses by a Churchville man who sold them bogus placements.
0 for 5 for Chase Utley as he returned to the Phillies lineup last night vs. the Giants at Citizens Bank Park.
9-3 win for Phils, which gives them 1-game lead over Giants in NL Wild Card race, and keeps them 2 and a half behind Braves in NL East.
2-0 lead for Giants in top of 1st inning, courtesy of home run by our old pal Pat Burrell.
98 straight sellouts at Citizens Bank Park for Phils.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Hey, Pat Burrell can hit all the home runs he wants, so long as the Phils win.
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I Don’t Get It: A Chester County teen has been charged with soliciting on Facebook for a hit man to knock off a woman he knew. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the pedal power on display in Chester, with bicycle cops making arrests of two felons on weapons charges.
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Quote Box: “I love your forever and always. You will never be forgotten.”
- Christie Hammond, friend of Lori Ann Sullivan, at memorial service noting the 5-year anniversary since her murder.

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