The Daily Numbers: 240 bucks more, what it will cost to attend one of the archdiocesan Catholic high schools next year.
1,000 percent, how much tuition has gone up in the archdiocese in the past 5 years.
2 Democrats who are looking to take on state Rep. Nick Micozzie for his 163rd state House seat.
12,000 students who could be out in the cold starting tomorrow morning in the Downingtown School District in Chester County. Teachers could go on strike at midnight.
4 story fall from a parking garage at an Atlantic City casino that proved fatal for a college senior at Stockton University.
3,000 people who showed up at a fund-raiser Saturday night to benefit the family of slain Philadelphia police Officer Chuck Cassidy.
1 person killed early this morning in a crash on I-95 in Delaware at the Delaware 1 interchange.
19, age of Devon man charged in the brutal beating of an employee of Pat’s Steaks in South Philly.
150 bucks, what it can cost you to get your car back after it’s been towed in Philly. A councilman wants to mandate that tow truck firms accept credit cards, instead of demanding cash to get your car back.
677 students at Penn State from 1999 to 2004 whose personal info was on a laptop computer that was stolen from a faculty member.
100 students at Villanova who are battling a gastrointestinal illness linked to the novovirus.
12 people who are our of their homes after flames raced through downtown Pottstown buildings over the weekend. 20 fire companies battled the flames. No injuries were reported.
15 million bucks that the state’s student-loan agency PHEAA may be required to repay by the feds because of what they claim are overcharges on loan subsidies.
1 million dollars bail for man in Hatboro charged with trying to kill a woman he did not know as she was walking home along York Road.
89.88 the price for a barrel of crude oil on electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That’s down 83 cents.
4,300 bucks, that’s the going rate for a ticket to Sunday’s Super Bowl. The face value of the ticket is $700-$900.
62 career wins for golf superstar Tiger Woods, after he rolled to the title in his tour debut at the Buick Invitational in San Diego. It’s the fourth straight year he’s won the tournament. The tour will be back there in June for the U.S. Open. Not good news for those not named Tiger.
2 as in second place for Chester County native Johnny Weir at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
0 pro athletic events for Philly yesterday or today.
6 days of hype before they get around to kicking off the Super Bowl next Sunday night in Glendale, Az.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
These are pretty lean times for local sports fans. Nothing doing on the pro side. Maybe the best story over the next month or so will be the Chester Clippers’ hunt for another boys state hoops title.
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I Don’t Get It: A home invasion in Philadelphia wound up with a resident being tortured and killed. Only problem was the real target actually lived a few doors away.
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Today’s Upper: Thumb’s up to the PIAA for quickly ruling that Strath Haven athlete Bobby Calderoni can play on the varsity soccer team next year. Bobby has cerebral palsy and uses crutches. A complaint was filed after a player on an opposing team suffered an injury after tripping over the crutches.
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Quote Box: “In many places, the U.S. is called the police of the world. Where there’s evil, we fight it.”
-- Media Police Officer Edward Fullmer, who is also a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves and is fresh off a tour of duty in Iraq.
1,000 percent, how much tuition has gone up in the archdiocese in the past 5 years.
2 Democrats who are looking to take on state Rep. Nick Micozzie for his 163rd state House seat.
12,000 students who could be out in the cold starting tomorrow morning in the Downingtown School District in Chester County. Teachers could go on strike at midnight.
4 story fall from a parking garage at an Atlantic City casino that proved fatal for a college senior at Stockton University.
3,000 people who showed up at a fund-raiser Saturday night to benefit the family of slain Philadelphia police Officer Chuck Cassidy.
1 person killed early this morning in a crash on I-95 in Delaware at the Delaware 1 interchange.
19, age of Devon man charged in the brutal beating of an employee of Pat’s Steaks in South Philly.
150 bucks, what it can cost you to get your car back after it’s been towed in Philly. A councilman wants to mandate that tow truck firms accept credit cards, instead of demanding cash to get your car back.
677 students at Penn State from 1999 to 2004 whose personal info was on a laptop computer that was stolen from a faculty member.
100 students at Villanova who are battling a gastrointestinal illness linked to the novovirus.
12 people who are our of their homes after flames raced through downtown Pottstown buildings over the weekend. 20 fire companies battled the flames. No injuries were reported.
15 million bucks that the state’s student-loan agency PHEAA may be required to repay by the feds because of what they claim are overcharges on loan subsidies.
1 million dollars bail for man in Hatboro charged with trying to kill a woman he did not know as she was walking home along York Road.
89.88 the price for a barrel of crude oil on electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. That’s down 83 cents.
4,300 bucks, that’s the going rate for a ticket to Sunday’s Super Bowl. The face value of the ticket is $700-$900.
62 career wins for golf superstar Tiger Woods, after he rolled to the title in his tour debut at the Buick Invitational in San Diego. It’s the fourth straight year he’s won the tournament. The tour will be back there in June for the U.S. Open. Not good news for those not named Tiger.
2 as in second place for Chester County native Johnny Weir at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
0 pro athletic events for Philly yesterday or today.
6 days of hype before they get around to kicking off the Super Bowl next Sunday night in Glendale, Az.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
These are pretty lean times for local sports fans. Nothing doing on the pro side. Maybe the best story over the next month or so will be the Chester Clippers’ hunt for another boys state hoops title.
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I Don’t Get It: A home invasion in Philadelphia wound up with a resident being tortured and killed. Only problem was the real target actually lived a few doors away.
*
Today’s Upper: Thumb’s up to the PIAA for quickly ruling that Strath Haven athlete Bobby Calderoni can play on the varsity soccer team next year. Bobby has cerebral palsy and uses crutches. A complaint was filed after a player on an opposing team suffered an injury after tripping over the crutches.
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Quote Box: “In many places, the U.S. is called the police of the world. Where there’s evil, we fight it.”
-- Media Police Officer Edward Fullmer, who is also a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves and is fresh off a tour of duty in Iraq.
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