The Daily Numbers - March 8

The Daily Numbers: 3 people shot in recent incident at the R-S Club in Ridley. Police yesterday took a Chester man into custody in the incident.


6 cent increase in the cost of a cup of coffee at local Wawa stores.


3.52 a gallon, average price of gas in the Philly region, as of Monday.


3.75 a gallon, what experts believe we’ll be paying in April.


20, age of man shot in the buttocks in Chester Monday afternoon.


58, age of Steven Molin of Darby Borough. He goes on trial in Maryland today in the death of his mother.


31, age of former Chester constable John Denny, who pleaded guilty to a host of charges this week.


5,000 dollars in prescription drugs that authorities say were stolen by a pharmacist at a CVS store in Ridley.


2 years probation for local boxing promoter Damon Feldman after he pleaded “no contest” to charges that he ran rigged exhibitions.


33,749 Subway restaurants worldwide, making it the No. 1 chain, surpassing McDonald’s 32,737. But Mickey D’s $24 billion in revenue dwarfs the $15 billion posted by the sandwich maker.


90 pound, 5-foot-high sculpture of Gumby stolen from a yard in Delaware.


4 billion dollar deficit in Pennsylvania that will be addressed this morning in Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget address.


2 to 5 years in jail for the social agency employee who was in charge of an autistic van last summer, leading to his death.


21 calls made in the 2 hours preceding a fatal crash by the mate on a tug that was pushing a barge that ran over a Ride the Ducks boat on the Delaware River last summer, killing two.


50,000 dollars in damages being sought by a man claiming he was abused by Roman Catholic priest and that it was covered up by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.


5 runs, including 2 home runs, surrendered by Roy Oswalt in just more than 2 innings at the hands of the Yankees.


3 perfect innings unfurled by Yankees ace A.J. Burnett 24, as in No. 24 for Temple entering the Atlantic 10 Tourney. Villanova has fallen out of the Top 25.


9 losses in their last 14 games for Villanova.


12 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.First hiccup for the Phils’ Fab Four starting rotation. Roy Oswalt got torched by the Yankees. Then there is hand surgery set for today for Domonic Brown, and still no word on when Chase Utley might actually be able to play in a game.


 


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I Don’t Get It: A major hotel makes a mistake and gives a man the wrong key. He’s drunk, goes to the room and goes to bed – with a young girl.


Not sure what exactly happened in the bed, but the man now faces sex charges.


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Today’s Upper: It’s Fat Tuesday. Anybody have any beads?


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Quote Box: “Yeah, I’m addicted. I’m sorry, but I am.”


- Meg Ferrell, sipping a Wawa coffee, saying a 6-cent price hike will not keep her from her cup of Joe.

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