The Daily Numbers - Jan. 30

The Daily Numbers: 1.23 million dollars raised so far by friends, alums of Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast.

500 people who packed into Casey’s Restaurant in Drexel Hill yesterday for the latest fundraiser.

1 man charged in a wild brawl inside a tavern in Lower Chichester.

2 men shot while they sat inside a home in Lansdowne by a gunman who fired from outside the home.

36, age of Morgan Mengel, of West Chester, who goes on trial today for plotting with her lover to kill her husband, whose body was found dumped behind Marple Newtown High School.

2 people arrested at an Occupy Philadelphia rally in the city yesterday.

21,500 dollars taken by robbers who held up the Greyhound bus terminal in Philly yesterday.

2 people, a woman and her teen daughter, shot in North Philadelphia Sunday night.

3 teens charged with the brutal beating of a Philly cab driver.

1 million dollars allegedly ripped off by the former chief financial officer of the Philadelphia Archdiocese.

6 days until the Super Bowl.

6 days of unending hype as well.

2 carries, and 1 fumble for Eagles’ LeSean McCoy in the Pro Bowl yesterday.

2 assists for Scott Hartnell at the NHL All-Star game yesterday.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Maybe it’s time the Eagles put out an all points bulleting for Andy Reid. It’s kind of hard to believe the team has allowed this much time to go by since Jeff Lurie announced he was bringing his head coach back without any word from Reid.

 

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I Don’t Get It: Other than the Major League Baseball’s Mid-Summer Classic, you can put all-star games in this category. Any game that’s based on physically colliding with other players is pretty much going to be just a shell of itself in an all-star format. No one is going to risk getting hurt.

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Today’s Upper: Another huge fundraising effort yesterday for the backers of Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast. They’ve now raised $1.23 million.

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Quote Box: “Look at this turnout. It makes me proud to be a Bonner guy.”

- Sean Knapp, at yesterday’s Bonner-Prendie fundraiser at Casey’s.