The Daily Numbers - Sept. 17

The Daily Numbers: 17 unsolved murders in the city of Chester that will be the focus of a new county investigative grand jury.
10,000 dollar reward that has failed to result in arrest of person responsible for firing shots that killed 2-year-old Terrance Webster.
18 months, how long the grand jury will sit.
48 cuddly cats that are overrunning the county SPCA. They are looking for families to adopt the felines, taken from the home of a woman in Upper Darby who was hoarding animals.
50 dollars, how much two thugs got during a home invasion in Chester before they were chased from the home by a woman wielding a broom.
3 minutes, how long members of the public are allotted to say their piece during public comment portion of meetings of the Chester Upland School Board.
700,000 dollars they got from convicted Ponzi scammer Joseph Forte that is being returned by Malvern Prep School
24 counties in Pa. that are now under a drought warning. Delco is only under a ‘watch.’ For now, there are no mandatory water use restrictions.
139 million dollars, how much the winning bid was for the Philly Inquirer and Daily News at the last public auction for the papers. This time around the amount could be much less.
6,500 properties in Pa. that received a foreclosure notice in August. That’s a five-year high.
3 underage girls taken to Egypt by a Philadelphia man to have sex. 2 of them wound up pregnant.
19, age of woman in Delaware accused of raping the boy, 11, she was baby sitting.
1 woman killed when winds as high as 100 mph roared through the Queens section of New York City. A tree fell on the car she was sitting in.
9.2 percent unemployment rate in Pa. in August, that’s down from 9.3 percent.
7 people shot, 1 fatally in another violent night in Philadelphia.
3 games with the Nats before the Atlanta Braves come to Citizens Bank Park for 3 games starting Monday night vs. the Phils.
4 years, how long it’s been since Michael Vick started a game in the NFL.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.So do you cheer for Michael Vick to do well against the Lions, or do just well enough to win?
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I Don’t Get It: A 19-year-old babysitter in Delaware is charged with raping a boy, 11. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Chester woman who chased a couple of armed thugs from her home with a broom. Good for her.
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Quote Box: “I’m looking at a letter from the auditors. We got problems.”
- Sharon Hill Borough Councilman Scott MacNeil, during budget talks at meeting Thursday night.

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