The Daily Numbers - Oct. 14

The Daily Numbers: 2 new polls out today that show the Lentz-Meehan battle for the 7th District Congressional race to be a tossup.

40-39, a 1-point margin, for Meehan in The Hill poll. That’s with a margin of error of 4.9 percent’

34-31 percent for Meehan in today’s Franklin & Marshall College poll.

34 percent of voters in the poll remain undecided.

43-34 percent lead for Joe Sestak over Pat Toomey among 7th District voters when it comes to the Pa. Senate race.

10 point lead, 49-39, for Toomey over Sestak in the new Rasmussen poll out today

46-45 margin for Sestak among likely voters in a poll conducted for the Sestak campaign.

44-42 percent led for Toomey in a poll done for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.

82, age of woman killed when she was struck by car on Eagle Road in Haverford.

2 Philadelphia firefighters who suffered minor injuries in a blaze in Germantown.

2,600 dollars raised to help a special needs student get a new wheelchair to replace one that was stolen from him. Darby Mayor Helen Thomas was among those leading the fundraising effort.

815 million dollars, what Lockheed Martin is getting for its Enterprise Integration Group in Montco.

1.6 million Peco Energy customers who are about to learn the company’s new rate plan. It will go into effect Jan. 1.

9.2 million, what city of Philadelphia pays out on average per year for claims against police. That puts them 4th. New York City is No. 1, with a whopping $96.4 million.

3 years in prison for a Chester County man for a wrong-way crash that killed 2 people.

5 inmates who escaped from a detention facility in Del.; only 1 is still at large.

22, age of Philly father gunned down on the steps of his home near 19th and Reed.

2 more days until the Phils and Giants kick off the NLCS Saturday night at Citizens Bank Park.

91 yards on 31 carries so far this year for Jerome Harrison for the Browns. He was acquired by the Eagles yesterday for running back Mike Bell.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.

The Flyers have moved up their Saturday night game to 6 p.m. so as not to directly compete with the Phils. No word yet on what the Eagles will try to do to upstage everyone.

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I Don’t Get It: Still waiting for this NLCS to start. And we’ll just have to wait 2 more days.

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Today’s Upper:
Kudos to the Widener students who took a stand against bullying of sexual minorities last night.

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Quote Box: “It seems the kids are getting younger who are being bullied.”

- Lou Devecchis, in making plea for new law to Haverford commissioners.

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