The Daily Numbers - Feb. 23

The Daily Numbers: 6 armed men who pulled off a daring smash-and-grab heist at the jewelry store located in the Radnor Hotel on Lancaster Avenue.


5,000 dollar reward for information in the case being put up by the business.


1 dead, 1 injured in what police are describing as a possible murder-suicide in Upper Darby.


1 more day until we learn the fate of the appeal hoping to save 4 Catholic high schools, including Monsignor Bonner-Archbishop Prendergast.


2 unions that represent workers at Fair Acres that now have new deals with the county.


2 murders now charged against Jamir Williams of Chester.


2 suspects in holdup of a Radnor Wawa now in custody.


20, age of man from Titusville, Pa., who pleaded guilty in the murder of an Aston man in Chester County.


3 vehicles torched in Aston that police now believe was the work of a Philly man.


24 of April, date for the Pennsylvania Primary. The date will not be moved, despite the flap over redistricting of legislative boundaries.


5 to 8 cents, how much price of gas is expected to jump this wekeend in the region.


33, age of woman charged yesterday with abandoning a newborn baby found in a box on a Philly street.


20 debates held by GOP presidential candidates. Last night was the last one before the Super Tuesday Sweepstakes.


2 journalists killed in the strife in Syria.


80-79 win in OT for Temple over La Salle in a thriller.


490-194 lifetime record for legendary Delco hoops coach Alonzo Lewis, who was killed when he was struck by a car in Philly.


5 straight losses for the Sixers as they go into the All-Star break.


93-87 loss for the Sixers at Houston last night.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.This was not the way the Sixers wanted to go into the break. They have now lost five straight. It’s pretty simple, without Spencer Hawes and Elton Brand in the lineup, they’re a donut team – nothing in the middle.


 


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I Don’t Get It: When are teens going to realize that the idea of getting sloppy drunk, then making a video and posting it online is going to be around forever. At least we had the good sense to do those kind of things in private.


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Today’s Upper: Dynamite new video put out today by Bonner-Prendie booster group. Well done.


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Quote Box: “The proposal is an unwise experiment with the education of 1.8 million public school students.”


- Pennsylvania State Education Association President Michael Crossey, on the Corbett budget.

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