The Daily Numbers: 1 visit to Delaware County by each major candidate so far. Sen. Hillary Clinton arrived yesterday, touring a Drexel Hill neighborhood.
1 person killed in a horrific 1-car crash in Collingdale over the weekend.
8, age of student police say brought a gun to Ardmore Avenue Elementary School in Lansdowne.
200 years of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia celebrated with the final event in a year-long series Sunday with a special Mass at Villanova University celebrated by Cardinal Justin Rigali and several cardinals and bishops
3,000 people from the Philadelphia area who will make the trek to Yankee Stadium this week for a Mass to be celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI. The Mass in part will celebrate the Philly archdiocese bicentennial.
6 people slain on the streets of Philadelphia over the weekend. No, they didn’t need any new gun measures.
1 man shot to death outside a mosque in North Philadelphia. His body was found on the steps. On one wall of the mosque is a mural dubbed “Doorways to Peace.”
1 day left to send off your annual love note to the IRS, to file your federal and state tax returns. Deadline is midnight Tuesday night.
3,700 people who use the 46th Street Station in West Philadelphia every day. The newly refurbished station is now back in business after a long, expensive reconstruction project.
30 more transit officers on patrol in the SEPTA subways. This week Philadelphia City Council will hold hearings on safety in the subway system.
2 people busted in Delaware in connection with a brutal carjacking after a woman was accosted as she left a 7-11 store in Newark. She was abducted and forced to withdraw money from an ATM machine.
12, age of girl reported raped in Kensington. She was walking to her sister’s house when she was accosted at 1:30 a.m.
20,000 dollars worth of prescription drugs stolen by two men who apparently kicked a hole in the wall of a South Jersey Rite Aid store in order to get in.
4 airlines that have now gone belly-up in the past couple of weeks. The list now includes Aloa Airlines, ATA, Skybus and the latest, Frontier.
2 age of toddler in the arms of a 25-year-old woman in Easton who police say chased down and then fatally shot her boyfriend.
10 innings for the Phils yesterday, who lost another extra-innings affair, this time 6-5 to the Cubs.
2 more errors for the Phils, whose defense has been anything but stellar. That’s now 15 errors for the Phils in 13 games.
1 and 1 for the Flyers and Caps, who are now deadlocked heading back for Game 3 Tuesday night at the Wachovia Center.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
What exactly do baseball players do that month they’re in Florida? Do any of them take infield practice? Also, what kind of workouts do they undergo? Anyone else notice how many big names are suffering from various muscle pulls, hamstring problems and groin issues so far in the early going?
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I Don’t Get It: I’m not buying the mini-flap over Sen. Barack Obama’s description of some Pennsylvanians as “bitter” about their plight and the economy. Anyone fill up their gas tank lately? Anyone else have kids in college, or about to send child No. 2 off to another outrageously expensive campus? Bitter? Yeah, I think you can call me that.
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Today’s Upper: Don’t be fooled by that sun out there. It’s chilly this morning, and we could dip close to freezing overnight. But the extended forecast finally shows a streak of warm days headed for us later this week and into the weekend. Summer is almost here. Or at least some serious spring.
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Quote Box: “I never cared too much for her when Bill Clinton was in office, but I like her much better right now.”
-- Drexel Hill resident Carol O’Neill, after getting a visit from Hillary Clinton Sunday afternoon at her home.
1 person killed in a horrific 1-car crash in Collingdale over the weekend.
8, age of student police say brought a gun to Ardmore Avenue Elementary School in Lansdowne.
200 years of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia celebrated with the final event in a year-long series Sunday with a special Mass at Villanova University celebrated by Cardinal Justin Rigali and several cardinals and bishops
3,000 people from the Philadelphia area who will make the trek to Yankee Stadium this week for a Mass to be celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI. The Mass in part will celebrate the Philly archdiocese bicentennial.
6 people slain on the streets of Philadelphia over the weekend. No, they didn’t need any new gun measures.
1 man shot to death outside a mosque in North Philadelphia. His body was found on the steps. On one wall of the mosque is a mural dubbed “Doorways to Peace.”
1 day left to send off your annual love note to the IRS, to file your federal and state tax returns. Deadline is midnight Tuesday night.
3,700 people who use the 46th Street Station in West Philadelphia every day. The newly refurbished station is now back in business after a long, expensive reconstruction project.
30 more transit officers on patrol in the SEPTA subways. This week Philadelphia City Council will hold hearings on safety in the subway system.
2 people busted in Delaware in connection with a brutal carjacking after a woman was accosted as she left a 7-11 store in Newark. She was abducted and forced to withdraw money from an ATM machine.
12, age of girl reported raped in Kensington. She was walking to her sister’s house when she was accosted at 1:30 a.m.
20,000 dollars worth of prescription drugs stolen by two men who apparently kicked a hole in the wall of a South Jersey Rite Aid store in order to get in.
4 airlines that have now gone belly-up in the past couple of weeks. The list now includes Aloa Airlines, ATA, Skybus and the latest, Frontier.
2 age of toddler in the arms of a 25-year-old woman in Easton who police say chased down and then fatally shot her boyfriend.
10 innings for the Phils yesterday, who lost another extra-innings affair, this time 6-5 to the Cubs.
2 more errors for the Phils, whose defense has been anything but stellar. That’s now 15 errors for the Phils in 13 games.
1 and 1 for the Flyers and Caps, who are now deadlocked heading back for Game 3 Tuesday night at the Wachovia Center.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
What exactly do baseball players do that month they’re in Florida? Do any of them take infield practice? Also, what kind of workouts do they undergo? Anyone else notice how many big names are suffering from various muscle pulls, hamstring problems and groin issues so far in the early going?
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I Don’t Get It: I’m not buying the mini-flap over Sen. Barack Obama’s description of some Pennsylvanians as “bitter” about their plight and the economy. Anyone fill up their gas tank lately? Anyone else have kids in college, or about to send child No. 2 off to another outrageously expensive campus? Bitter? Yeah, I think you can call me that.
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Today’s Upper: Don’t be fooled by that sun out there. It’s chilly this morning, and we could dip close to freezing overnight. But the extended forecast finally shows a streak of warm days headed for us later this week and into the weekend. Summer is almost here. Or at least some serious spring.
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Quote Box: “I never cared too much for her when Bill Clinton was in office, but I like her much better right now.”
-- Drexel Hill resident Carol O’Neill, after getting a visit from Hillary Clinton Sunday afternoon at her home.
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