The Daily Numbers: 5,000 dollar reward posted for information on deliberate vandalism of helicopters at Boeing’s Ridley plant.
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5,200 workers at the sprawling Ridley Township plant. However, only about 250 work on the Chinook production line.
23 years after he skipped town, Gerald Klever, the former pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, will be in court today to be sentenced for sexually assaulting several young members of a church youth group.
2 cents more for gas this morning. Big surprise, huh? With just a week to go before the Memorial Day holiday kicks off the summer driving season, we are now paying an average of $3.80 a gallon. Diesel prices stand at $4.71.
26,000 dollars, what a Montgomery County man is believed to have pocketed in a scam in which he was selling gas from his company’s tanks and banking half of what he charged folks. Nice racket.
2.5 cents per gallon, what the Pennsylvania Gasoline Retailers Association says its members make on sales of gasoline. They say they are being hurt even more because high costs are forcing more and more people to pay with credit cards, cutting even further into their margins.
8 to 10 gallons of gas per shift, what police in Holllidaysburg, Pa., say they will save by increasing bike police patrols.
10,000,000 million dollars awarded to three fired Philadelphia officers who sued claiming they were fired for bringing racial slurs to the attention of supervisors.
3 suspects involved in a controversial videotaped police beating incident in Philadelphia are due in court for a hearing this morning. More questions are being asked about the cops’ actions that night.
2,300 jobs added in Pennsylvania in April, according to state figures.
45 percent hike in earnings in the quarter reported by Urban Outfitters. They’re the hip store that is also behind the new Terrain store at the former Styer’s location on Baltimore Pike.
200 fewer police pursuits recorded by Pennsylvania state police in 2007. The total number of pursuits listed for the year was 1,931, that’s down from 2,115 the year before.
652 of those pursuits resulted in crashes, along with 218 injuries.
350,000 households who will be notified by the IRS that they mistakenly did not get the $300 per child tax stimulus refund. The feds are blaming it on human error.
37 percent spike in foreclosure filings in Pennsylvania in April as compared to the same period last year.
1 win for the Flyers, who now must win 3 more in a row to beat the Penguins. They get their next chance Sunday in Pittsburgh.
3 goal lead they jumped out to in the first period of last night’s game, hanging on to win, 4-2.
2 goals scored by the Pens in the third period to lead to some anxious moments before the Flyers notched an empty-net goal in the final seconds to seal the deal.
4 hits and no runs surrendered by Phils ace Cole Hamels last night in a complete game shutout gem against the Braves.
9 home runs now for Ryan Howard, who continued to climb out of his early slump by going long against the Braves last night.
2 straight games with homers for Howard and hits in 7 straight contests. That’s more like it.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Cole Hamels is the real deal. Are you paying attention, Brett Myers?
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I Don’t Get It: There’s another controversy in New Jersey in which a schoolgirl sent a nude picture on her cell phone to her boyfriend. Of course the pic is now spreading like wildfire. The girl is in middle school. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Prosecutors didn’t put much credence yesterday in apologies offered by suspects in the fatal shooting of Philly police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski. Hard to argue with them.
Quote Box: “There are soldiers in a very short period of time who will be taking these kind of aircraft into harm’s way … We are here to get a firsthand view of the facts.”
-- U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan at the Boeing plant yesterday, where federal authorities labeled problems with two Chinook helicopters a deliberate act of vandalism.
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5,200 workers at the sprawling Ridley Township plant. However, only about 250 work on the Chinook production line.
23 years after he skipped town, Gerald Klever, the former pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Springfield, will be in court today to be sentenced for sexually assaulting several young members of a church youth group.
2 cents more for gas this morning. Big surprise, huh? With just a week to go before the Memorial Day holiday kicks off the summer driving season, we are now paying an average of $3.80 a gallon. Diesel prices stand at $4.71.
26,000 dollars, what a Montgomery County man is believed to have pocketed in a scam in which he was selling gas from his company’s tanks and banking half of what he charged folks. Nice racket.
2.5 cents per gallon, what the Pennsylvania Gasoline Retailers Association says its members make on sales of gasoline. They say they are being hurt even more because high costs are forcing more and more people to pay with credit cards, cutting even further into their margins.
8 to 10 gallons of gas per shift, what police in Holllidaysburg, Pa., say they will save by increasing bike police patrols.
10,000,000 million dollars awarded to three fired Philadelphia officers who sued claiming they were fired for bringing racial slurs to the attention of supervisors.
3 suspects involved in a controversial videotaped police beating incident in Philadelphia are due in court for a hearing this morning. More questions are being asked about the cops’ actions that night.
2,300 jobs added in Pennsylvania in April, according to state figures.
45 percent hike in earnings in the quarter reported by Urban Outfitters. They’re the hip store that is also behind the new Terrain store at the former Styer’s location on Baltimore Pike.
200 fewer police pursuits recorded by Pennsylvania state police in 2007. The total number of pursuits listed for the year was 1,931, that’s down from 2,115 the year before.
652 of those pursuits resulted in crashes, along with 218 injuries.
350,000 households who will be notified by the IRS that they mistakenly did not get the $300 per child tax stimulus refund. The feds are blaming it on human error.
37 percent spike in foreclosure filings in Pennsylvania in April as compared to the same period last year.
1 win for the Flyers, who now must win 3 more in a row to beat the Penguins. They get their next chance Sunday in Pittsburgh.
3 goal lead they jumped out to in the first period of last night’s game, hanging on to win, 4-2.
2 goals scored by the Pens in the third period to lead to some anxious moments before the Flyers notched an empty-net goal in the final seconds to seal the deal.
4 hits and no runs surrendered by Phils ace Cole Hamels last night in a complete game shutout gem against the Braves.
9 home runs now for Ryan Howard, who continued to climb out of his early slump by going long against the Braves last night.
2 straight games with homers for Howard and hits in 7 straight contests. That’s more like it.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Cole Hamels is the real deal. Are you paying attention, Brett Myers?
*
I Don’t Get It: There’s another controversy in New Jersey in which a schoolgirl sent a nude picture on her cell phone to her boyfriend. Of course the pic is now spreading like wildfire. The girl is in middle school. I don’t get it.
*
Today’s Upper: Prosecutors didn’t put much credence yesterday in apologies offered by suspects in the fatal shooting of Philly police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski. Hard to argue with them.
Quote Box: “There are soldiers in a very short period of time who will be taking these kind of aircraft into harm’s way … We are here to get a firsthand view of the facts.”
-- U.S. Attorney Pat Meehan at the Boeing plant yesterday, where federal authorities labeled problems with two Chinook helicopters a deliberate act of vandalism.
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