The Daily Numbers for Thursday, April 3

The Daily Numbers: 0 injuries reported after razorblades were discovered at Brookhaven park. Police it was a copycat incident on April Fools Day patterned after similar incident that occurred last week in Illinois.

17, age of pregnant mother from Upper Darby, who is missing along with her 11-month-old son.

30 employees of Eddystone Rail Co. that took part in training exercises as county prepares for the arrival of trainloads of crude oil being shipped through the county by rail.

231,869 jobs tied to Marcellus Shale boom in Pennsylvania.

83,000 dollar average salary of those working in the industry.

33 percent of Dems who are backing Tom Wolf, according to new poll.

7 percent for Allyson Schwartz.

6 percent for Rob McCord.

4 percent for Katie McGinty.

46 percent of Democrats have yet to express a preference.

4 people charged with holding a man hostage and forcibly tattooing him in Philly.

4 people killed, 16 injured when soldier opened fire at Fort Hood in Texas.

40 point spike for Dow Jones yesterday.

8.2 magnitude earthquake that rocked Chile.

3-1 lead blown by Phillies and reliever Jonathon Papelbon last night against Rangers.

7 strong innings for starter Kyle Kendrick, who gave up just 1 run on 5 hits.

16 million dollars guaranteed for DeSean Jackson in his 3 year deal with Redskins.

24 million dollars over the course of the deal.

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

What was worse? Watching DeSean put on that Redskins jersey or watching the Papelbon meltdown?

I Don’t Get It: Still trying to figure out what kind of knucklehead could think that putting razor blades on playground equipment in Brookhaven could possibly be funny or a prank.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to the current administration at Southeast Delco School District, which indicates they will cooperate fully with D.A. probe of allegations against a teacher of inappropriate conduct with students.

Quote Box: “I can’t imagine anyone doing such a thing but obviously it happened.” - Dorothy Novak, who lives near Brookhaven park where razor blade was found.

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