The Daily Numbers - Nov. 26

The Daily Numbers: 17 of November, the last time Debra Miller of Tinicum was seen in public. She’s been missing ever since.

75 people who fanned out across the Tinicum wildlife preserve to search for Miller yesterday. They did not find anything.

100 pieces that make up the elaborate holiday display erected by Jack Starr in Springfield.

12 bucks, what some tickets for tonight’s Monday Night Football contest between the Eagles and Panthers are going for on StubHub.

31,000 dollar gap in the Middletown budget. The town is still hoping to contain expenses.

6 percent tax hike coming in Rose Valley.

3 Swarthmore college students who got attacked when a riot broke out among soccer maniacs in Italy.

1 as in Day 1 of the deer season in Pa today.

43.6 million Americans who traveled on the Thanksgiving holiday.

1.5 billion, how much shoppers are expected to drop online today on Cyber Monday.

20 percent increase from last year on the busy online shopping Monday after Thanksgiving.

425 million dollar Powerball up for grabs on Wednesday.

107, 300 dollars, how much you’d drop if for some reason you decided to buy all 12 items in the “12 Days of Christmas.’

6.1 percent increase over last year.

7,000 bucks for 7 swans-a-swimming, most expensive item on the list.

15 bucks for a partridge, cheapest item.

77-74 win for La Salle over Villanova, snapping a 10-game losing streak for the Explorers vs. the Wildcats.

33 points for Jrue Holiday as the 76ers took a 104-101 win over Phoenix.

4 year, 41 million dollar deal for Holiday recently. Looks like money well spent.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.

On the other hand, there is the Andrew Bynum debacle. The Sixers should be thanking their lucky stars the Eagles are still being talked about. This has all the makings of the second coming of Jeff Ruland, except Ruland actually managed to get on the court.

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I Don’t Get It: Winter is here. I have broken out the long underwear. And I’m still cold. I likely will be now until Memorial Day. Swell.

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Today’s Upper: Kudos to those folks who spent much of Friday and Saturday putting up all those ornate holiday displays at their houses. We’ll be featuring one of them every day on P. 2 again this year.

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Quote Box: “We didn’t find anything, which is a good thing.”

- Tinicum Police Chief Steve Edmiston, on the hunt Sunday for Debra Miller, who has been missing for a week.

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