The Daily Numbers - March 25

The Daily Numbers: 4 suspects from Philadelphia corraled for a series of smash-and-grab burglaries that stretched across 4 counties.


13 area convenience stores that were targeted by the gang.


100,000 dollars in cigarettes, what the gang specialized in ripping off.


They then resold them, according to police.


4-0 vote by the Springfield Zoning Board to reject request for large billboards along Baltimore Pike.


27,000 people without power and 90 homes destroyed after a tornado slammed into a town in western Pa.


312 million dollar Mega Millions lottery jackpot up for grabs tonight.


12, age of girl sexually assaulted in her Delaware townhome community after she came home from school.


2 decades of sponsoring the Philadelphia Flower Show coming to an end as PNC Bank pulls plug on its sponsorship.


84, where Villanova Law School now ranks in the nation, that’s down from


67 after the school admitted it had submitted inaccurate admissions info for years.


24 Wal-Mart stores in Pa. getting those wine kiosks.


15 months of DUI cases in Philly now under review because of problems with the calibration of the breathalyzer machines the city police were using.


2-1 loss for Flyers last night in another shootout.


20 shots on goal, all they could muster against the Penguins.


6 runs – including 2 dingers – surrendered by Phils starter Cole Hamels yesterday.


7 days until opening day at Citizens Bank Park.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Add Brad Lidge to the Phillies walking wounded. He now has an ailing shoulder and could be headed for the DL. Swell.


 


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I Don’t Get It: Maybe it’s just me, but are the only people who are going to get rich off these billboard battles here in Delco the lawyers?


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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Archbishop Carroll girls and Chester boys as they seek PIAA AAAA hoops titles this weekend.


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Quote Box: “I was trying to stop the blood coming out of his neck. No matter how hard I held his neck, the blood was pouring over my fingers.”


- Tearful Sean Burton, on the stand yesterday in his murder trial concerning the wounds of James Stropas.

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