The Daily Numbers: 5 to 10 percent hike in people using the food pantries in Delaware County.
50,000 dollars a year, what a new study by a Delco group now defines as the minimum income for a family of four just to survive.
61,593 dollars a year, what a family of four in Delco, including a preschooler and school-age child actually would need.
226 students collecting their diplomas last night at Academy Park High School.
1 student shot after commencement exercises at the Liacouras Center on the Temple campus in North Philly for Strawberry Mansion High School.
4 people facing drug charges in Upper Darby when police swooped down on what they claim was a heroin house.
17 million dollar wireless network in Philadelphia that will now be taken over by a group of local investors.
28 billion dollar spending plan that is pitting Gov. Ed Rendell against Republicans in Harrisburg.
30 of June, deadline for the state to have its spending plan in place.
25,000 state workers deemed not critical who could be furloughed if the state budget is not passed in time.
400 million dollars, what the GOP would like to see cut out of the Rendell spending plan.
120 million of that would come from Rendell’s ambitious education spending plan, which would boost education spending overall by 6 percent.
11 people busted in a South Philly drug ring.
925 jobs being axed and 2 plants being closed by regional chemical maker Rohm and Haas.
326 employees being chopped by insurance firm AIG.
17 titles for the Boston Celtics, who snagged another crown last night by demolishing the Lakers.
25 years since any Philly team has brought home a title.
0 runs on 7 hits last night for the Phils, who fell to still another Boston team, the Red Sox.
0 hits out of the vaunted middle of the Phils’ lineup of Utley, Howard and Burrell.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
So what happened to all those Game 6 conspiracy theories? You know, the wild saga alleged by Delco native Tim Donaghy, who claims NBA execs once had the refs move a Game 6 contest in the finals to ensure there would be a Game 7, meaning they could make more money. Didn’t work that way last night.
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I Don’t Get It: A student was shot outside the commencement exercises of Strawberry Mansion High at the Liacouras Center yesterday afternoon. What happened to air horns?
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Today’s Upper: Things could be worse. You could be a Mets fan today.
Quote Box: “I come because I don’t have enough money at the end of the month. I always run out every last of the month.”
-- Woman visiting the food pantry at Prospect Park Baptist Church.
50,000 dollars a year, what a new study by a Delco group now defines as the minimum income for a family of four just to survive.
61,593 dollars a year, what a family of four in Delco, including a preschooler and school-age child actually would need.
226 students collecting their diplomas last night at Academy Park High School.
1 student shot after commencement exercises at the Liacouras Center on the Temple campus in North Philly for Strawberry Mansion High School.
4 people facing drug charges in Upper Darby when police swooped down on what they claim was a heroin house.
17 million dollar wireless network in Philadelphia that will now be taken over by a group of local investors.
28 billion dollar spending plan that is pitting Gov. Ed Rendell against Republicans in Harrisburg.
30 of June, deadline for the state to have its spending plan in place.
25,000 state workers deemed not critical who could be furloughed if the state budget is not passed in time.
400 million dollars, what the GOP would like to see cut out of the Rendell spending plan.
120 million of that would come from Rendell’s ambitious education spending plan, which would boost education spending overall by 6 percent.
11 people busted in a South Philly drug ring.
925 jobs being axed and 2 plants being closed by regional chemical maker Rohm and Haas.
326 employees being chopped by insurance firm AIG.
17 titles for the Boston Celtics, who snagged another crown last night by demolishing the Lakers.
25 years since any Philly team has brought home a title.
0 runs on 7 hits last night for the Phils, who fell to still another Boston team, the Red Sox.
0 hits out of the vaunted middle of the Phils’ lineup of Utley, Howard and Burrell.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
So what happened to all those Game 6 conspiracy theories? You know, the wild saga alleged by Delco native Tim Donaghy, who claims NBA execs once had the refs move a Game 6 contest in the finals to ensure there would be a Game 7, meaning they could make more money. Didn’t work that way last night.
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I Don’t Get It: A student was shot outside the commencement exercises of Strawberry Mansion High at the Liacouras Center yesterday afternoon. What happened to air horns?
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Today’s Upper: Things could be worse. You could be a Mets fan today.
Quote Box: “I come because I don’t have enough money at the end of the month. I always run out every last of the month.”
-- Woman visiting the food pantry at Prospect Park Baptist Church.
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