The Daily Numbers - Oct. 16

The Daily Numbers: 6 Chester teen girls held for trial in the videotaped beating of a mentally challenged woman.

2 of the girls had their bail reduced to 10 percent of $25,000.

4 others remain at 10 percent of $50,000.

474,238 dollars coming to Delco as a result of those impact fees placed on gas drilling in the state.

204.2 million dollars raised overall.

60 percent of the funds, $108.7 million, going to the areas that host the actual drilling.

10 days on the lam for a Darby Township man who fled from his trial in Media. He was picked up in Camden.

996 winter coats handed out to kids yesterday at the YMCA in Lansdowne.

8 people routed by a fire in a home in Norwood. Thankfully, there were no injuries.

50 firefighters who responded to the scene on Chester Pike.

34,000 from the state Treasury in unclaimed money that will go to the Francisvale Home for Smaller Animals in Radnor.

1 more video out there showing a Philadelphia police officer confronting a suspect. This time the guy is from Tinicum. He is shown slapping the officer, then is put down by police. Now they’re claiming police used excessive force.

15 percent hike in table games revenue at Pa. casinos in September.

10,000 dollars worth of jewelry and other goods stolen by a man and woman charged in series of thefts in Egg Harbor Township, N.J.

1 person dead and 3 in hospital after they used heroin inside a home in the Frankford section of Philly.

1 month, age of infant badly burned in Oxford, Chester County. Police say her father became upset with her while giving her a bath and ran scalding water on the tot.

14 Supreme Court confirmations sat in on by former Sen. Arlen Specter, who died Sunday and will be buried today.

1 suspended priest reinstated by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

214 cases of fungal meningitis and 15 deaths now linked to steroid shots.

1 week off for the Eagles for the bye week.

11-11 Eagles record in their last 22 regular season games.

8,483, attendance at last night’s preseason game for the Sixers at Wells Fargo Center, which holds 20,318.

24, where Villanova is now ranked in FCS rankings after taking down No. 3. Old Dominion.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Andy Reid says he’s going to “look at everything” and get this thing right. Anyone else hear that before?

 

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I Don’t Get It: How exactly do you run scalding hot water on your 1-month-old baby? I don’t get it.

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Today’s Upper: Kudos to those who helped make some kids’ winter yesterday at the Lansdowne YMCA while giving out new winter coats.

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Quote Box: “I take it back. I’m sorry. I know I can’t take it back, but everybody makes mistakes.”

- Jamie Davis, 15, of one 6 Chester teen girls charged in videotaped beating of mentally challenged women, at her hearing in court yesterday.

 

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