The Daily Numbers for Friday Sept. 13

The Daily Numbers: 13, as in Friday the 13th. Anyone feeling superstitious.

5-year-old left in sweltering car for 3 hours, leading to criminal charges in Upper Darby.

9 and 11, ages of girls in child porn video found on computer of Broomall man.

63,000 dollars ripped off from an Aston landscaping firm by a former worker.

4 to 23 months in the county prison, what she got for her efforts.

13 rail lines SEPTA says it will shut down if the state does not come through with more funding. That includes the Media-Elwyn line here in Delco.

6.5 billion dollars over the next 10 years, what SEPTA says it needs to restore its aging infrastructure.

6 months, how long it took the Wright brothers to restore some of the bad conditions at Greenlawn Cemetery.

20 businesses damaged when fire roared through a section of the boardwalk in Seaside Park, N.J. No serious injuries were reported.

174 couples who have obtained same-sex marriage licenses in Montgomery County. Yesterday a state judge ordered Montco to stop issuing the licenses.

118 couples who have already married. The legal status of those vows are now unclear.

17 years in the slammer for the N.J. teen who admitted killing Autumn Pasquale.

11.5 billion miles away in interstellar space, where NASA’s Voyager I probe now resides. I think that’s out near Oxford.

3 killed in flooding that has ravaged areas in Colorado.

25 point dip in the stock market yesterday.

42-13 win for Garnet Valley over Ridley in football last night. Big win for the Jags.

10-5 win for the Phillies over the Padres, despite a clear setback in the comeback for Roy Halladay.

4 straight walks issued by Halladay in the top of the 5th inning.

5 runs on just 4 hits give up by Halladay.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan. There’s a buzz in the air. It’s not from Roy Halladay. It’s from Chip Kelly. The whole country is talking about the new Birds’ boss.

I Don’t Get It: Kathleen Kane and Bruce Hanes yesterday got a little lesson in the law from a Commonwealth Court judge. Maybe now they understand they can’t pick and choose what laws they want to enforce.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to Judge Dan Pellegrini for making the right call. Quote Box: “A clerk of courts has not been given the discretion to decide ... whether the statute he or she is charged to enforce is a good idea or bad one, constitutional or not.” - Judge Pellegrini in his ruling.

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