The Daily Numbers for Tuesday, Dec. 17

The Daily Numbers: 586 million dollar Mega Millions jackpot up for grabs tonight. That’s called putting the green in Christmas.

1 in 259 million, you’re odds of hitting the correct numbers. There is actually a better chance you’ll be canonized. Maybe you, not me.

100.98, how much more Upper Darby residents will pay under tax hike in their budget.

99.12 tax hike awaiting residents in Aldan in the new year.

.71 mills increase in Rutledge.

20 dollar increase in the sewer rates coming in Eddystone.

22, age of missing Newtown man whose body was found on a beach in Virginia.

27 of November, the last time William Schwenger of Clifton Heights was seen. He’s been missing ever since.

1,745 dollars that rolled into the Daily Times Merry Christmas Fund.

1 inch tops, what we expect to see in this morning’s clipper snowstorm, with another one on the way tonight.

4 snowstorms that we’ve had already, and winter does not start for another 4 days.

30 more years on to of his life sentence for abortion Dr. Kermit Gosnell. The additional time is for drug charges.

87, age of influential country star Ray Price, who died Monday.

129 point gain for the stock market yesterday.

14 percent uptick in table games revenue for Pa. casinos in November.

10 billion in stock being bought back by Boeing.

29 points dropped on the Sixers last night by the Nets Joe Johnson.

130-94 final score in the Sixers loss. Ouch!

8 tackles Sunday for Mychal Kendricks, along with an interception and a sack.

2, any combination of Eagles wins and Cowboys losses adding up to 2 gives the Birds the NFC East crown and a spot in the playoffs.

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

Do you want the Cowboys to win or lose their 1 p.m. Sunday match with the Redskins? If they win, the Eagles game Sunday night doesn’t mean a thing. If they lose, the Eagles can win the division by beating the Bears.

I Don’t Get It: What’s with 4 winter storms before winter even arrives. And now they say it’s going to be 60 degrees on Sunday.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to all those optimists lined up to buy Mega Million tickets.

Quote Box: “Some of them are waiting for it to reach a billion dollars. It’s getting to the point where it might happen.”

- Dave Davis, owner of Davis Trading Post, on Mega Millions jackpot.

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