The Daily Numbers: 5 days, length of visit by Pope Benedict XVI, which starts with his arrival in Washington this afternoon. He’ll offer special Masses in both D.C. Thursday and Sunday at Yankee Stadium in New York.
4,000 tickets snapped up for this afternoon’s sesssion of ‘Hardball With Chris Matthews’ at Villanova University.
205 acres that make up the Ellis Preserve in Newtown Township. Whether and how to develop the tract has caused bitter dissension in the township.
1 day left to file your taxes. Deadline is midnight tonight.
1 cent hike overnight in the price of regular unleaded gas in the Philadelphia region. It’s now selling for $3.31 a gallon, the high for the year. Diesel fuel is now at $4.40, an all-time high price.
10 billion dollar contract for a military helicopter that Boeing thought it was getting that is now being delayed once again.
83 homicides so far this year in Philadelphia. That’s down from 110 at the same time last year. Mayor Michael Nutter made the homicide rate one of the key parts of his campaign.
100 days in office for the new mayor. He will hold a press conference this morning to talk about how things are going.
1 gas station clerk gunned down during an apparent holdup attempt last night in Westampton Township, N.J. That’s near Mount Holly.
72, age of woman found beaten to death inside her home in Pennsauken, N.J.
3 alarm blaze that destroyed what used to be the home of the Kahunaville restaurant and nightspot on the Wilmington waterfront yesterday. The joint’s been closed for a couple of years and was supposed to be turned into a children’s museum.
7 members of the Narberth Police Department who could be on the chopping block in a budget crunch. Officials are considering eliminating local police and contracting instead with nearby Lower Merion for patrols.
38, age of Moorestown, N.J., police officer who has been charged in the sexual assault of three young girls. His 32-year-old girlfriend also faces charges.
30,000 dollars in jewelry swiped by thieves who broke into a store on Jewelers’ Row on Chestnut Street in Philly.
30,000 dollars in damages done by vandals who trashed the inside of Edison High School over the weekend.
150 pound cougar shot and killed as it prowled around a neighborhood in Chicago.
393 million dollar loss posted by Wachovia Bank in the first quarter.
0.2 seconds, how much time was left on the clock when an official called a foul at the end of last night’s Sixers game. Of course Devin Brown hit both free throws as the Sixers snatched a loss from the jaws of victory.
3, as in Game 3 of the Flyers first round playoff series against the Caps, which picks up tonight at the Wachovia Center.
0 hits surrendered by Marple Newtown softball pitcher Julie Sebastian yesterday in a win over Haverford.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Two days, two losses. One caused because Major League Baseball does not use replay, the other because the NBA does. They’re right. We are cursed.
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I Don’t Get It: Yes, Barack Obama probably did “misspeak” in his comments about Pennsylvanians being “bitter” and clinging to guns and religion. Hillary Clinton should understand something about misspeaking. Of course, she simply turns on the attack button and uses the comments to her advantage. I guess that’s politics.
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Today’s Upper: We’re back in the political spotlight today, with a visit by Obama’s wife, Michelle, to Haverford College and a taping of “Hardball with Chris Matthews” featuring Republican John McCain at Villanova this afternoon.
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Quote Box: “You can use any word you want. Some days I am bitter. I’m scared, that goes to terrified.”
-- JoAnne Bower of Prospect Park, at an event in Delco yesterday to note job losses in the wake of comments by Barack Obama about how voters in Pennsylvania are “bitter.”
4,000 tickets snapped up for this afternoon’s sesssion of ‘Hardball With Chris Matthews’ at Villanova University.
205 acres that make up the Ellis Preserve in Newtown Township. Whether and how to develop the tract has caused bitter dissension in the township.
1 day left to file your taxes. Deadline is midnight tonight.
1 cent hike overnight in the price of regular unleaded gas in the Philadelphia region. It’s now selling for $3.31 a gallon, the high for the year. Diesel fuel is now at $4.40, an all-time high price.
10 billion dollar contract for a military helicopter that Boeing thought it was getting that is now being delayed once again.
83 homicides so far this year in Philadelphia. That’s down from 110 at the same time last year. Mayor Michael Nutter made the homicide rate one of the key parts of his campaign.
100 days in office for the new mayor. He will hold a press conference this morning to talk about how things are going.
1 gas station clerk gunned down during an apparent holdup attempt last night in Westampton Township, N.J. That’s near Mount Holly.
72, age of woman found beaten to death inside her home in Pennsauken, N.J.
3 alarm blaze that destroyed what used to be the home of the Kahunaville restaurant and nightspot on the Wilmington waterfront yesterday. The joint’s been closed for a couple of years and was supposed to be turned into a children’s museum.
7 members of the Narberth Police Department who could be on the chopping block in a budget crunch. Officials are considering eliminating local police and contracting instead with nearby Lower Merion for patrols.
38, age of Moorestown, N.J., police officer who has been charged in the sexual assault of three young girls. His 32-year-old girlfriend also faces charges.
30,000 dollars in jewelry swiped by thieves who broke into a store on Jewelers’ Row on Chestnut Street in Philly.
30,000 dollars in damages done by vandals who trashed the inside of Edison High School over the weekend.
150 pound cougar shot and killed as it prowled around a neighborhood in Chicago.
393 million dollar loss posted by Wachovia Bank in the first quarter.
0.2 seconds, how much time was left on the clock when an official called a foul at the end of last night’s Sixers game. Of course Devin Brown hit both free throws as the Sixers snatched a loss from the jaws of victory.
3, as in Game 3 of the Flyers first round playoff series against the Caps, which picks up tonight at the Wachovia Center.
0 hits surrendered by Marple Newtown softball pitcher Julie Sebastian yesterday in a win over Haverford.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Two days, two losses. One caused because Major League Baseball does not use replay, the other because the NBA does. They’re right. We are cursed.
*
I Don’t Get It: Yes, Barack Obama probably did “misspeak” in his comments about Pennsylvanians being “bitter” and clinging to guns and religion. Hillary Clinton should understand something about misspeaking. Of course, she simply turns on the attack button and uses the comments to her advantage. I guess that’s politics.
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Today’s Upper: We’re back in the political spotlight today, with a visit by Obama’s wife, Michelle, to Haverford College and a taping of “Hardball with Chris Matthews” featuring Republican John McCain at Villanova this afternoon.
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Quote Box: “You can use any word you want. Some days I am bitter. I’m scared, that goes to terrified.”
-- JoAnne Bower of Prospect Park, at an event in Delco yesterday to note job losses in the wake of comments by Barack Obama about how voters in Pennsylvania are “bitter.”
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