The Daily Numbers for Tuesday Feb. 26

 

The Daily Numbers: 4 of July, when an Upper Chi man was run down on State Road in Springfield. He died earlier this week. Yesterday, on the day of his burial, a man was charged in the case.

 

 

29, age of Upper Darby suspect charged in hit-run death of Thomas Quercetti.

 

3 school girls whom an Upper Darby man 'flashed,' according  to police. The man already has  a conviction for exposing himself.

 

3 days until those nasty, across-the-board budget cuts go into effect.

 

2 unanimous votes to reject applications for charters schools by the William Penn School Board.

 

5, age of student from Widener Partnership Charter School was was dropped off at bus stop a couple hours early, with no one there to pick him up.

 

2015, when the region will host the Roman Catholic Church's World Meeting of Families and a possible visit by the new pope.

 

1.8 billion dollars, how much high school dropouts cost the economy every year.

 

216 point nosedive for Wall Street yesterday.

 

2 blizzards in matter of days hammering the Midwest.

 

15 inches of snow reported in western Missouri.

 

100 LCB supporters who packed a meeting room yesterday for hearing on plan to privatize state booze sales. They are against it.

 

20, as in Top 20, as opposed to Top 10 priority, where Sen. Dominic Pileggi is ranking his move to change the Pa. electoral system.

 

31-25 win for O'Hara Girls over Archbishop Wood to capture Catholic League crown.

 

4-2 loss for Flyers against Maple Leafs last night.

 

2 shutout innings for Phils starter Cliff Lee yesterday.

 

2 hits for Ryan Howard off left-handed pitchers yesterday.

 

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

 

Looks like you can bank on the Eagles switching to a 3-4 defense or a variable of it. Yesterday the team continued to remake its defense by releasing veterand tackles Mike Patterson and Cullen Jenkins.

I Don’t Get It: I wonder at what point the folks we send to Washington, D.C., will get the message and take action to avoid these nasty sequester cuts. Talk about not getting it!

Today’s Upper: Kudos to Springfield police, who stayed with it and finally announced an arrest in the hit-run case of Thomas Quercetti on State Road last July 4. Quercetti died last week and ironically was buried yesterday, the same day charges were announced in the case.

 

 

Quote Box: “I want to apologize to the family. I was scared when it happened."

 

- Pacurie Huymh, in court charged in the hit-run crash last July 4 on State Road.

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