The Daily Numbers for Thursday, Nov. 6

The Daily Numbers: 2 men, a father and son, charged in a shooting incident with police in Collingdale.

2 police officers hit by gunfire. Neither was seriously wounded.

3 seats added to their majority in the state Senate by Republicans.

8 seats added by the GOP in the state House.

2 key races for open seats in Delco that both went to the GOP. Those are the 26th District Senate and 163rd House seats.

59, age of longtime Haverford High football coach Joe Gallagher, who was charged with DUI after allegedly leaving the scene of an accident.

7 robberies police now believe to be the work of 1 Upper Darby man.

20, age of man on trial in the brutal carjacking and sex assault of a woman on Christmas Eve. 2 other men have already pleaded guilty in the case.

26th annual Special Olympics Fall Festival on tap this weekend at Villanova.

67th season of Delco Hi-Q scholastic quiz competition off and running.

187,256 dollars a year. Salary for Pa. governor. Tom Wolf says he won’t accept his salary.

22, age of woman abducted off street in Philly. She was found safe last night in Maryland. A suspect is in custody.

2nd key aide to U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Phila., to cop a guilty pleas in corruption probe.

100 point spike for the Dow Jones yesterday, closing at a record 17,484.53. Good news for your 401K

0-5 start for the Sixers

91-89 loss for the Sixers to the Magic last night on last-second shot.

33-29 record for Mark Sanchez as quarterback of the Jets. He’s now in charge of Chip Kelly’s offense.

67, age of Haverford coaching legend Jorge Severini, who died this week.

6 weeks, how long Flyers Michael Raffl is expected to be out with a lower body injury.

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

The Sixers are just an embarrassment. They had a winnable game last night, but lost on a buzzer-beater.

I Don’t Get It: Drinking and driving is bad enough. But getting into an accident and leaving the scene is some else altogether.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Philly cops and FBI, who managed to track down a woman who had been abducted off a city street. She was found safe in Maryland last night and a suspect is in custody.

Quote Box: “But for the grace of God today we would have lost two officers.”

- Delco D.A. Jack Whelan on Collingdale shooting incident.

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