The Daily Numbers: 3 to 6 years in jail for former Lehigh University provost Steven Devlin, snagged in an Internet sex sting.
100 bucks, just 20 dollars over face value, for a pair of tickets in the upper level for today’s Phils-Brewers playoff game, on an online ticket site.
3:07 p.m., first pitch at Citizens Bank Park this afternoon.
19 age of Sean O’Neill Jr., who was ordered back into custody and sent to a youth camp for a probation violation. He was charged in the fatal shooting of a friend that followed a night of drinking.
500 housekeeping and other union workers at Crozer Chester Medical Center who rejected the hospital’s last, best contract offer.
33 homicides reported so far this year in Delaware County. A fatal shooting in Chester Monday afternoon is the latest, and the 17th homicide in the city.
120 new rail cars coming to SEPTA’s regional rail lines. A prototype will be on display at Suburban Station starting Thursday.
26 age of Philadelphia man who could face the death penalty after being convicted of first-degree murder in what police said was a gang-related shooting.
12.8 billion dollar offer to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike that has been pulled off the table by two companies after the plan was rejected by the federal government and not enacted by the state Legislature.
6.5 percent dip in tax collections in Pennsylvania in September. For the first three months of the new fiscal year, revenue is down $281 million.
54 to 39 percent edge for Barack Obama over John McCain in Pennsylvania in a new Quinnipiac University Poll.
2 other key contested states in which Obama also leads, according to the polls. Obama has a 51-43 edge in Florida, and a 50-42 edge in Ohio.
45 to 38 percent edge for Obama in the latest Franklin & Marshall poll out today.
8 vehicles involved in a deadly crash in Galloway Township, South Jersey, last night.
1 penny dip in gas prices overnight. Average price now in the region is $3.54. It was down 4 cents over the weekend.
3:07 first pitch today for NLDS faceoff between Phils and Brewers.
4 as in Phillies in 4. You heard it here first.
21 major league starts for Yovani Gallardo, who takes the mound for the Brewers today.
3.35 Gallardo’s career ERA.
0 times the Eagles scored in those 4 cracks at the Bears goal line. Yeah, I know, it’s still hard to believe.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
You can literally feel the excitement today. It’s called playoff baseball. And we’re right in the thick of it. Now actually winning a game, which we failed to do last year in being swept by the Rockies, would feel even better.
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I Don’t Get It: Another Internet sex sting. Attention, guys. You don’t really know who that is on the other end of that Internet chat line? What part of that don’t you understand?
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Today’s Upper: I’m thrilled that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be performing at halftime of the Super Bowl. I’m a lot less so about his solo show Saturday on the Parkway as part of a voter drive for Barack Obama. Bruce doesn’t need my approval. He’ll find no bigger fan of his music than me. I just wish he’d keep his politics separate from the music.
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Quote Box: “I have playoff experience checked off next to my name.”
-- Phils’ starter Cole Hamels, who takes the hill in Game 1 of the NLDS this afternoon.
100 bucks, just 20 dollars over face value, for a pair of tickets in the upper level for today’s Phils-Brewers playoff game, on an online ticket site.
3:07 p.m., first pitch at Citizens Bank Park this afternoon.
19 age of Sean O’Neill Jr., who was ordered back into custody and sent to a youth camp for a probation violation. He was charged in the fatal shooting of a friend that followed a night of drinking.
500 housekeeping and other union workers at Crozer Chester Medical Center who rejected the hospital’s last, best contract offer.
33 homicides reported so far this year in Delaware County. A fatal shooting in Chester Monday afternoon is the latest, and the 17th homicide in the city.
120 new rail cars coming to SEPTA’s regional rail lines. A prototype will be on display at Suburban Station starting Thursday.
26 age of Philadelphia man who could face the death penalty after being convicted of first-degree murder in what police said was a gang-related shooting.
12.8 billion dollar offer to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike that has been pulled off the table by two companies after the plan was rejected by the federal government and not enacted by the state Legislature.
6.5 percent dip in tax collections in Pennsylvania in September. For the first three months of the new fiscal year, revenue is down $281 million.
54 to 39 percent edge for Barack Obama over John McCain in Pennsylvania in a new Quinnipiac University Poll.
2 other key contested states in which Obama also leads, according to the polls. Obama has a 51-43 edge in Florida, and a 50-42 edge in Ohio.
45 to 38 percent edge for Obama in the latest Franklin & Marshall poll out today.
8 vehicles involved in a deadly crash in Galloway Township, South Jersey, last night.
1 penny dip in gas prices overnight. Average price now in the region is $3.54. It was down 4 cents over the weekend.
3:07 first pitch today for NLDS faceoff between Phils and Brewers.
4 as in Phillies in 4. You heard it here first.
21 major league starts for Yovani Gallardo, who takes the mound for the Brewers today.
3.35 Gallardo’s career ERA.
0 times the Eagles scored in those 4 cracks at the Bears goal line. Yeah, I know, it’s still hard to believe.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
You can literally feel the excitement today. It’s called playoff baseball. And we’re right in the thick of it. Now actually winning a game, which we failed to do last year in being swept by the Rockies, would feel even better.
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I Don’t Get It: Another Internet sex sting. Attention, guys. You don’t really know who that is on the other end of that Internet chat line? What part of that don’t you understand?
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Today’s Upper: I’m thrilled that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be performing at halftime of the Super Bowl. I’m a lot less so about his solo show Saturday on the Parkway as part of a voter drive for Barack Obama. Bruce doesn’t need my approval. He’ll find no bigger fan of his music than me. I just wish he’d keep his politics separate from the music.
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Quote Box: “I have playoff experience checked off next to my name.”
-- Phils’ starter Cole Hamels, who takes the hill in Game 1 of the NLDS this afternoon.
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