The Daily Numbers - Sept. 16

The Daily Numbers: 862,531 dollar shortfall staring at officials in Sharon Hill.
80 percent tax hike being considered, with a 1 percent earned income tax and some cuts and layoffs. Ouch!
63, age of man charged with trying to abduct a 21-year-old woman from parking lot of shopping center in Concord.
2 people, including 1 student, injured when a car and school bus collided yesterday morning in Aston.
126,000 in stolen jewelry from QVC that a woman told a Delco judge she pilfered from her employer. She was sentenced to 1-2 years in state prison.
250 million dollars, how much the DROP retirement plan has cost the city of Philadelphia over the past 11 years. Council today will be asked to end the program.
14-2 vote by the board of the Delaware River Port Authority to keep embattled boss John Mattheusen.
1 killed, 5 injured in crash in Greenville, Del., last night.
500,000 dollars, how much the former president and treasurer of a fire company in South Jersey admitted he stole.
8, age of boy shot in the leg in Wilmington. His brother, 5, is believed to have fired the gun, which they found in the house.
4 men being sought for a brutal carjacking in Bucks County.
77,000 dollars, new all-time single day winnings on “Jeopardy,” pulled off by a grad student at the University of Delaware.
400,000 dollars worth of copper stolen by two men in Delaware.
39 police officers, including Upper Darby’s Ray Blohm, who received Heroes Awards of Valor in Philly. Blohm was shot on duty earlier this year.
13,000 in cash, how much a former agent for the LCB admitted she ripped off from owners of bars and restaurants.
112 million dollars up for grabs in the Powerball drawing Saturday night.
19 wins for Roy Halladay as the Phils swept the Marlins.
3 game lead for the Phils over the Braves, who lost again yesterday.
17-3 mark for the Phils on the road since Aug. 1
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.All signs are pointing to another Red October
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I Don’t Get It: Sounds like more politics as usual in Darby Borough. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Upper Darby officer Ray Blohm, who was shot on duty earlier this year. He picked up a Valor Medal of Honor in Philadelphia.
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Quote Box: “When we found out, we took steps to correct it, and it’s been corrected.”
- Darby Borough Police Chief Bob Smythe, on discovery of a video camera in the borough offices.

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