The Daily Numbers: 300,000 dollar cash payout for Bill Bennett as he ends his standoff with Rose Tree Media School District.
1999, when Bennett arrived as principal at Indian Lane Elementary School.
200 parents who urged the school board to keep him as their principal.
1 lane in each direction for traffic on busy 69th Street after fire hit the business district.
65, age of Thomas Campbell, known as “Tom Thumb,” the outlaw biker who gunned down Upper Darby Patrolman Dennis McNamara in 2002. Campbell has died in prison.
43 years, how long RSVP operated in Media. They went out of business after being outbid by a similar entity from Montgomery County for a key federal grant.
26 million dollars in defense contracts for Alloy Surfaces in Chester Township.
3 different computer glitches that shut down United Airlines, the Wall Street Journal website, and the New York Stock Exchange yesterday.
261 point plunge for the Dow on the day.
26, age of ex-tech worker at Plymouth-Whitemarsh High School, who was charged with having sex with a minor.
11, age of Philly youth police say sprayed hand sanitizer on a friend and then set him on fire.
13 cats seized from a home in Philly.
156 homicides so far this year in Baltimore.
86 percent increase in shootings. Yesterday the police commissioner was fired.
3 run homer for Jimmy Rollins to fuel Dodgers to 5-0 win over the Phillies.
13 strikeouts for Dodgers’ pitcher Clayton Kershaw, who pitched a complete game.
8 hits, all the Phils managed on offense.
31 innings, how long it’s been since the Phils scored a run against Kershaw.
2 for 4 for Freddy Galvis, who is now hitting .436 in his recent 10-game hitting streak.
8.28 ERA for Severino Gonzalez, who takes the hill for Phils tonight in L.A.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
This is what we’ve come to. We now spend more time talking about sports radio than we do about sports.
I Don’t Get It: A kids sprays another with hand sanitizer in Philly. Funny, huh? Then he sets him on fire. I don’t get it.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Upper Darby’s 69th Street, which is rumbling back to life today after basically being shut down by a fire that destroyed 1 business and damaged 7 others.
Quote Box: “I do not agree anything that has happened.”
- Bill Bennett, outsted Indian Lane Elementary School principal.
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