The Daly Numbers - March 1

The Daily Numbers: 9 mice recovered from 2 Upper Darby pizza joints.


Police have charged a competing shop owner with turning them loose in an attempt to sabotage their business.


21, age of mom charged in that now infamous duct-taped baby incident.


She now also faces charges of filing a false police report.


76, age of man killed when fire broke out in his Radnor apartment.


15 cases of norovirus at Taylor Hospital that have officials putting restrictions on visitors.


7 archdiocesan elementary schools that will be closed forever at the end of the school year. 4 are in Philly and 3 in Bucks County; none are in Delco.


6 new appointments to the board of the Delaware River Port Authority by Gov. Tom Corbett. That includes himself as the new board boss.


200 dollars more a month that 40,000 Pennsylvanians who were covered under the AdultBasic plan will now have to shell out for a similar plan.


AdultBasic was phased out as of midnight.


100 dead birds found along road near Reading. Turns out they were killed with a poison that is legal for farmers to use.


2 teens charged with stealing 60 computers from West Philadelphia High School.


33, age of man slain during a home invasion in Philly in which a woman also was slashed.


2 tough losses for Archbishop Carroll last night as both the boys and girls teams lost in Catholic League title games.


20 3-point shots for the Irish as Notre Dame knocked off Villanova last night, 93-72.


4 straight losses for the Wildcats, who have now slipped to No. 19 and could sink farther. They end the regular season Saturday at Pitt.


2 scoreless innings pitched by Roy Halladay in his first outing of the spring.


25 piches thrown by Halladay, 18 for strikes.


19 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.So much for the “general soreness” Chase Utley was suffering from. He’s now been diagnosed with tendinitis in his knee and is listed as day-to-day. He has yet to play in Florida. He’s also 32. Not good.


 


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I Don’t Get It: Turning mice loose inside a competing pizza shop? I don’t get it.


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Today’s Upper: We can kiss February goodbye. Do you think we can do the same for winter?


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Quote Box: “It’s terrorism by mice.”


- Upper Darby Police Superintendent Mike Chitwood, on arrest of rival pizza shop owner yesterday.

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