The Daily Numbers - Oct. 14

The Daily Numbers: 18, age of Michael Savage, killed in an accident last week at Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades. Gone way too soon.
8:07, start time for all but one of the Phillies NLCS games against the Dodgers.
4:07, start time Friday afternoon for Game 2 in L.A. Should make for a great TGIF Happy Hour.
500,000 dollars bail for the teen suspect charged in the death of Cuddles the cat. A magisterial district judge yesterday rejected a plea to lower bail.
100,000 dollars believed stolen from a JF Kenney Electric by a former bookkeeper from Clifton Heights.
2 guilty pleas tied to the shooting death of a man in the parking lot of a popular restaurant on Route 202.
17 million dollar deal for Alloy Surfaces Co. in Chester Township to build more decoy devices for the U.S. Navy.
31 percent of Pa. voters who believe Sen. Arlen Specter should be re-elected, according to new Susquehanna Polling data. He continues to hold a 44-16 edge over Rep. Joe Sestak in a Democratic primary.
140 employees of Mount Laurel Township in New Jersey who will be forced to take 2-week unpaid furloughs in a budget crunch.
6 month extension deadline to file your federal income taxes that expires Thursday.
1 man struck and killed as he walked along train tracks just after midnight in Edgemoor, Del.
42 million dollar cap for the Pa. Film Tax Credit. That’s down from a cap of $75 million in state budget cuts.
1 woman stabbed in an attack in the parking lot outside the Wal-Mart in Parkesburg, Chester County.
45,000 square foot expansion set for The Walk, the outlet center in downtown Atlantic City.
500 dollar trash collection fee proposal that is being scrapped by Philadelphia City Council.
170,000 dollars stolen from her grandmother by a Pottstown woman. Police say she looted the woman’s life savings to pay tuition and other expenses.
2,500 students in the Saucon Valley School District in the Lehigh Valley who will be without teachers this morning when educators go on strike.
82, age of crooner Al Martino, who played the role of Johnny Fontaine in “The Godfather.” He lived in Springfield.
37, age of Bethlehem man who yesterday pleaded guilty to charges involving offering underage girls alcohol and having them pole dance at parties in his home.
6 vehicles taken out of service in the region and 37 citations issued by state troopers cracking down on unsafe trucks.
435,000 dollars awarded to a biotech exec who sued the University of Pennsylvania in a flap over his degree from Wharton.
$50,000 grants awarded to several animal rights groups by the Eagles as they continue to work with animal advocates in the fallout over the signing of Michael Vick.
180,000 dollars that the lawyer for Kate Gosselin says her ex-hubby and reality TV show co-star Jon Gosselin must put back in their account.
4 straight wins to start the pre-season for the Sixers, who dispatched the Knicks last night, 93-85.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.8:07 starts for all but one of the NLCS games between the Dodgers and Phillies. That’s more like it. Those 80-degree temperatures in L.A.
aren’t bad either.
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I Don’t Get It: Media continue to flock to cover the antics of Jon and Kate Gosselin. Can someone explain this to me.
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Today’s Upper: Let’s hear it for Army Specialist Jason Venini, who is home safe and sound in Lansdowne after a year in Iraq. The lifelong Phillies fan was thrilled by the pinstripes winning their NLDS showdown with the Rockies.
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Quote Box: “He loved that school. He had a definite dream: It was to go to Williamson.”
- Jim Murray, uncle of Michael Savage, at yesterday’s memorial service for the student who was killed in an accident at the school last week.

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