The Daily Numbers - Feb. 2

The Daily Numbers: 29, age of teacher from Darby Township who collapsed and died of heart failure.


7 suspects now in custody in the brutal bullying attack on an Upper Darby teen. The 7 suspects will be in court today.


22, age of Aston man charged with child porn possession in the latest sting by the county task force.


100, how old Ronald Reagan would be on Feb. 6. Pennsylvania has designated the day ‘Ronald Reagan Day.’


2 big stores, Loews and Giant, that will anchor the Quarry Center development in Haverford.


1,832 votes for Maria Donatucci, giving her the 185th Pa. House seat long held by her husband, who died last year.


119 votes for her opponent.


47, age of the woman known as ‘Jihad Jane,’ who pleaded guilty to terror plot in fed court yesterday.


6 more weeks of winter? Nope. Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow and instead is predicting an early spring.


125 years, how long the groundhog has been making his pick on the first Tuesday in February.


76-72 win for Chester over Penn Wood last night.


0 goals scored by the Flyers as they got shut out by the Lightning


46 days until the first day of spring. Don’t forget to take part in the Great Heron’s Nest Snow Prognosticating Contest. Guess the number of measurable snows between now and March 20. I say 9. We’ve had 3, and there is more on the way tonight.


11 days until Phillies pitchers and catchers report to Clearwater.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.We’re not the only ones dealing with power outages this morning. The Flyers came back from the break – sort of – and promptly got shut out, 4-0, by Tampa Bay.


 


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I Don’t Get It: The seventh suspect in the vicious bullying of an Upper Darby teen was bawling as he was taken out of Upper Darby High School yesterday. Now he feels bad?


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Today’s Upper: Let’s hear it for Punxsutawney. Better yet, let’s hope he’s right. Come on, spring!


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Quote Box: “The kid was crying and throwing up after he was arrested.”


- Upper Darby police Superintendent Mike Chitwood, on the arrest of the 7th suspect in the bullying attack that has made national headlines.

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