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September 8-14, 2005

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Running Numbers

6 Number of bases stolen in one game by the Philadelphia A's Eddie Collins on Sept. 11, 1912.

$56 Cost of the new Philadelphia Housing Trust Fund Fee that will be added to most mortgage recording fees after the revision of the Department of Records Recording Fees becomes effective on Sept. 12. Visit www.phila.gov/records to see the word "fee" several more times.

700 Approximate number of boats that will be displayed at the Atlantic City In-Water Power Boat Show Sept. 8-11 at the Farley State Marina.

9,000 Approximate number of troops Washington lost after being outmaneuvered during the Battle of Brandywine on Sept. 11, 1777. The loss led to the unopposed British capture of Philadelphia on Sept. 26. It took them 15 days to get here? What, did they take I-76? (Running Numbers is here all week, folks.)

$100,000 eBay asking price for Howard Hallis' The Picture of Everything, subject of a former Web Site of the Week. Because the auction ended with no bids, Hallis plans to burn it for charity in the desert near Newhall, Calif., on Sept. 11. Interested spectators must pay $5 to be informed of the exact location. E-mail wrongdimensionboy@yahoo.com to donate or try to talk him out of it.

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