The Daily Numbers for Wednesday June 26

The Daily Numbers: 19 of April, last time Melissa Rodriguez was seen in public.

3 holes dug in the yard of her Collingdale home. Nothing was found.

4 cadaver dogs used at the scene as well.

19,392 suicides committed with a gun in the U.S. in 2010, compared to 11,078 homicides.

20 suicides by gun in Delaware County the same year, as compared to 26 homicides by gun.

2 people shot on streets of Chester Monday night.

3,800 people being laid off by the school district of Philadelphia. Hundreds trooped to Harrisburg yesterday to seek more education funding.

2 billion in revenue for Harrah's casino in Philadelphia since it opened in 2006.

1.2 billion of that is tax revenue.

100 point gain for the Dow Jones yesterday.

23 million dollars, how much the Flyers will pay Ilya Bryzgalov to go away after buying out the remaining years of his contract.

34 million dollar, 9-year deal signed by Bryz 2 years ago.

2.61 goals against average for Bryz in 99 regular season games as Flyers goaltender.

6-2 win for the Phillies over the Padres last night.

20 home runs for Dom Brown after he went yard last night.

8 strong innings for Kyle Kendrick, who picked up his 7th win against 4 losses. He gave up 2 runs on 7 hits with 6 strikeouts, 0 walks.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan. Some day someone will offer all of us $23 million not to go to work. I'm not going to hold my breath.

I Don’t Get It: Nothing is as difficult for newspaper editors as the issue of suicide. But there's no denying it's a growing problem. As we point out in today's segment of our weeklong series looking at gun issues in Delaware County, just as many people take their own lives with a gun as kill someone else. And nationally, a lot more people use guns to commit suicide then take another life.

Today’s Upper: Kudos toall those who made the trek to Harrisburg on a broiling day yesterday to seek more funding for education in order to escape a brutal new round of cuts.

Quote Box: “Melissa's body is not anywhere on this property." - Collingdale Police Chief Bob Adams, after a search and digging on the property of missing Collindale mother Melissa Rodriguez.

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