The Daily Numbers for Friday, April 3

The Daily Numbers: 2 more days for the JC Penney’s store in Granite Run Mall. It will close forever on Saturday.

50 and 75 percent off everything left in the store.

1976, when the store opened, on Jan. 14.

24 million dollars paid for the Granite Run Mall by BET Investments, which is planning to knock down most of the mall save for anchors Sears and Boscov’s and construct more of a town center-style development.

85,338 dollars a year. How much Joe Hackett made as a state rep. He is resigning his seat after serving 2 terms.

2,700 vote win over Democrat Leanne Krueger-Braneky last November.

38 percent of those in a PoliticsPa poll backing Delco D.A. Jack Whelan as the Republican candidate for attorney general.

1 man killed when he lost control of his motorcycle in Thornbury yesterday.

1 man injured when he dove through a window to avoid a barrage of bullets in Chester.

82 million dollar deal to buy the shuttered Revel Casino in A.C. for Florida developer Glen Straub.

1 million dollars in gifts, what feds allege N.J. Sen. Robert Menendez took. He is denying it and vowing to fight the indictment.

25 percent cut in water use ordered in California as the state deals with a crippling drought.

88, age of TV evangelist Robert Schuller, who died yesterday.

10-1 thrashing of the Phils by the Rays in the Grapefruit League finale.

3 of 4 final games in Florida in which the Phils gave up double digits in runs.

4 runs and just 1 out recorded by Jonathan Papelbon in 9th inning yesterday.

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That Jonathan Papelbon is a funny guy. He donned Carlos Ruiz’s jersey yesterday and then headed to the mound. He got shelled. This is going to be a fun summer.

I Don’t Get It: Anyone else still have some questions about the decision by Joe Hackett to resign his state House seat? Yeah, me too.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to Derrick Jones of Archbishop Carroll. He’s our All-Delco player of the year in boys basketball.

Quote Box: “I’ve realized that law enforcement is not just a career, it’s a calling.”

- Joe Hackett, announcing he will leave the state Legislature and return to work as a county detective.

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