The Daily Numbers for Dec. 18

The Daily Numbers: 6, age of Benjamin Wheeler, one of 20 students killed. He was the grandchild of Carmen and Antoinette Lobis, of Concord.

2 funerals held yesterday in Newtown, Conn., the first of what will be a very long week of funerals.

2 emails received by Upper Darby School Superintendent Lou DeVlieger with concerns about school security.

7 p.m. tonight, vigil set in Haverford to honor the victims from Connecticut.

20, age of woman who took stand yesterday in trial of 2 Darby men on trial for holding her against her will and in the basement of a Darby home and sexually assaulting her.

3 shootings on Monday under investigation in Delco, 2 of them in Chester.

3 more sex offenders who failed to comply with Megan’s Law reporting guidelines who are now in custody in Delco.

2 women from Broomall, Marple Township, charged with operating an illegal dentistry operation in Montgomery County.

20,741 dolalrs raised so far for the Chester Salvation Army by the Daily Times Merry Christmas Fund. More than $2,300 came in over the weekend. Our goal is $50,000.

20 electors from Pennsylvania who cast their ballots for President Barack Obama yesterday.

3.4 percent uptick in revenue from table games in Pa. casinos in November, compared to same month last year.

19 vials of liquid found in the Lehigh dorm room of Garrett Reid now identified as anabolic steroids.

32, age of Michael Vick, who now is confined to backup QB status with Eagles.

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

Seems like there remains a lot of unanswered questions about what Garrett Reid was doing with all those vials of anabolic steroids in his Lehigh dorm room.

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I Don’t Get It: The funerals for those little kids in Connecticut is almost too much to bear.

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Today’s Upper: Kudos to those who are saying it is long past time to have a serious conversation about guns in America.

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Quote Box: “There was no dimmer switch or governor plate on this kid. He didn’t walk anywhere. He ran.”

- Carmen Lobis, of Concord, whose grandson Benjamin Wheeler died in the Connecticut school shooting.

 

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