The Daily Numbers - March 2

The Daily Numbers: 11, age of alleged victim in assault case against a janitor at Harris Elementary in Collingdale. Most serious charges were dumped yesterday.


350 bucks won by Delco resident for 2nd day in row in our ‘Go For the Green’ contest. Like they say, you have to play to win.


2 groups that have now filed petitions against the airport runway expansion approved by the FAA.


72 homes, 80 businesses in Tinicum that will have to go by the boards if the $5.2 billion expansion plan goes forward.


5 people, including an Upper Darby man, charged in a home invasion in Monroe County last year.


75 nurses who showed up for a press conference by D.A. Mike Green and other official to push a bill that offers protection for health care workers in the workplace.


73, age of Upper Darby man who pleaded guilty to incident in which he fired a gun on his neighbors during a neighborhood dispute.


2 Philly police officers injured in confrontation with a shoplifting suspect.


7 firefighters injured, 1 critically, in a blaze in a North Philadelphia high-rise this morning.


81, age of woman strangled to death in Philly. Her 57-year-old son has been charged.


4 game win streak snapped for the Sixers, who fell to Dallas, 101-93.


2 runs surrendered by Cliff Lee in his spring debut for the Phils.


18 days until the first day of spring. Here’s where we stand in the Great Heron’s Nest Snow Prognosticating Event. I said we’d have 9 snows between now and March 20. We’ve had 4, but this is one bet I’d gladly lose.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Gotta love Cliff Lee. He plunks the first batter he faces in Clearwater.


 


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I Don’t Get It: Authorities in Jersey are probing whether meat left out on a trail was put there to poison animals. A couple of dogs who ingested the meat have died.


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Today’s Upper: We’ll be pushing 60 degrees with lots of sunshine today.


Anyone else suffering from spring fever?


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Quote Box: “I’m just one big ray of sunshine.”


- Saying on T-shirt worn by suspect pizza shop saboteur Nikolas Galiatsatos.

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