The Daily Numbers - April 19

The Daily Numbers: 10 goals surrendered by the Flyers in getting scorched by the Pens last night, 10-3.


5 goals each for starter Ilya Bryzgalov and Sergei Bobrovsky.


3-1 lead for the Flyers in the series, with Game 4 now set for Friday night in Pittsburgh.


1:54 in the afternoon, when a man walked into an Upper Darby barbershop and fatally shot the owner in what police are terming an “execution.”


5 to 6 people, including a 4-year-old boy, who witnessed the horrific event.


2 more suspects stung by the county Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force on child sex abuse allegations.


650 contractors who could be employed preparing the ConocoPhillips refinery to resume oil refining operations.


14-18 months in prison for a Clifton Heights man in a case of aggravated assault.


12,190 pounds of the world’s largest chocolate bar that arrived at Stetser Elementary School in Chester this week.


4 feet wide, 3 feet high and 21 feet long, that’s a lot of chocolate.


10, age of student who led a pack of parents and others in speaking to Upper Darby Township Council, asking them to get involved in fight against proposed school cuts.


30 years since it was converted to a reclamation site, construction has now started on the Quarry Center in Llanerch.


82, age of entertainment icon Dick Clark, who lived in Drexel Hill and Wallingford while putting his ‘Bandstand’ show on the map from 48th and Market streets.


1,200 jobs being cut by American Airlines.


31 billlion dollars spent on Internet advertising last year.


2nd show by Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band added for Labor Day, Sept. 3, at Citizens Bank Park.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Now a great night in Philly sports last night. Flyers crushed, Phils shut out. Hey, the Sixers won.


 


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I Don’t Get It: How can someone calmly walk into a barbershop and shoot the owner in front of a host of witnesses. It’s getting scary out there.


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Today’s Upper: Our salute to Dick Clark, who not only put Philly on the cultural map with ‘Bandstand,’ but more importantly broke the color line by having black kids and acts perform on his show.


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Quote Box: “This guy is a terrorist. It’s a terrorist act.”


- U.D. top cop Mike Chitwood, on yesterday’s fatal shooting.

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