The Daily Numbers - May 9

The Daily Numbers: 150,000 dollars in gifts and free travel reported by Pa. legislators.


2 teens found shot in the street Sunday night in Chester.


26, age of man on trial for beating and slashing the throat of his 79-year-old grandmother.


20, age of Upper Darby man who pleaded guilty to his role in drive-by shooting.


34 people injured when a commuter train from New York crashed into bumpers at a station in Hoboken, N.J.


300 feet down an embankment, how far a car plunged after going off road in western Pa. Responders had to work 6 hours to rescue 4 people who were in the car.


40,000 people who took part in yesterday’s Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure in Philadelphia.


3 young children injured when a car slammed into a block party in North Philadelphia.


100 concertgoers who never got word that a Bruno Mars show in Camden had been moved from Sunday night to Saturday night. They showed up Sunday only to learn they had missed the show.


27 hospitals in Philly region that showed a profit, while 12 posted a deficit.


4.04 a gallon, average price for gas in Philly region. That’s up 3 cents in a week.


3.99 a gallon, the national average.


50 to 75 cents, how far prices are expected to fall over the summer.


1 killed, 3 injured in chemical leak in Chesco construction site.


48 feet, where the Mississippi River is expected to crest this week.


That’s just shy of the 48.7-foot crest in the devastating 1937 flood.


15 day disabled list for Phillies catcher Carlos Ruiz, retroactive to April 28.


2 runs, all the Phils scratched out vs. the Braves as they fell, 5-2


156 consecutive sellouts at Citizens Bank Park.


5, all 7 American League games played yesterday involved a team that scored 5 runs.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.The injuries continue to pile up for the Phils. This time it’s catcher Carlos Ruiz, who actually has been ailing now for more than a week. But he was officially put on the DL yesterday by the Phils, who continue to get spotty offense as they lost a series to the Braves.


 


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I Don’t Get It: Funny I don’t hear all that much about President Obama’s birth certificate these days. He was right. We have more important things to do.


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Today’s Upper: A belated thank you to Mother Nature, who provided some gorgeous weather to all mothers yesterday. And also to that local Mother’s Day rite, the site of 40,000 strong on the march against breast cancer at the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure in Philly yesterday.


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Quote Box: “We think that there had to be some sort of support network for bin Laden inside of Pakistan.”


- President Obama on ’60 Minutes’ last night.


 

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