The Daily Numbers: 38 homicides reported in Delaware County in 2008.
12 percent decline in murders from 2007.
28, that’s the average number of homicides over the past 15 years, so we’re still above average.
19 of those 38 homicides took place in Chester, and that’s also down by 8 from 2007.
1:04 a.m., that’s when the county’s first baby of 2009 arrived. Kudos to mom and dad, Wendeh and Gordon Jenkins of Darby Borough.
28 degrees, the temperature when the Mummers kicked off their annual strut up Broad Street.
300,000 dollars, cap for costs that will be paid for the parade by the city amid a budget crunch.
0 dollars in prize money put up by the city.
7 minutes into the new year, 1 person was killed fire roared through an apartment complex in Northeast Philly.
1 man shot early this morning by police in Camden, N.J., after a street altercation. It’s believed to have stemmed from a domestic dispute.
50 percent hike in the gas tax now being pushed in D.C. Great, just when we were starting to enjoy those low prices at the pump.
1 cent dip in gas prices across the region. We’re now paying an average of $1.68 at the pump.
8,000 tickets still available this morning in Minnesota for Sunday’s game with the Eagles vs. the Vikings.
38-24 loss hung on Penn State by a clearly superior USC team. At one point before halftime it was 31-7.
6 wins and no losses for Eagles Coach Andy Reid in the first game of the playoffs. Not a bad record.
7 of the last 8 meetings with the Vikings have seen the Eagles come out on top.
7 wins and 5 losses for Donovan McNabb as a starter in the playoffs.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
8,000 tickets remaining for a playoff game? It’s heresy. What ever happened to those dedicated fans who used to sit outside at old Municipal Stadium in Minneapolis. Eagles fans will be glad to fill those seats in the comfy Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
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I Don’t Get It: Now apparently you can’t talk or laugh in the movie theater without risking getting shot.
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Today’s Upper: A huge thumb’s up for the Cahill Fancy Brigade Mummers troupe, which put in an appearance in Eddystone last night to see off one of their own. Eric Sprague is a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard and is being deployed to Iraq with the 56th Stryker Brigade.
Quote Box: “One of the things I’m trying to do is promote this great tradition and let people know what we’ve got here.”
-- Eric Sprague, talking about bring his Cahill Brigade pals to Eddystone to spread the word about the Mummers Parade.
12 percent decline in murders from 2007.
28, that’s the average number of homicides over the past 15 years, so we’re still above average.
19 of those 38 homicides took place in Chester, and that’s also down by 8 from 2007.
1:04 a.m., that’s when the county’s first baby of 2009 arrived. Kudos to mom and dad, Wendeh and Gordon Jenkins of Darby Borough.
28 degrees, the temperature when the Mummers kicked off their annual strut up Broad Street.
300,000 dollars, cap for costs that will be paid for the parade by the city amid a budget crunch.
0 dollars in prize money put up by the city.
7 minutes into the new year, 1 person was killed fire roared through an apartment complex in Northeast Philly.
1 man shot early this morning by police in Camden, N.J., after a street altercation. It’s believed to have stemmed from a domestic dispute.
50 percent hike in the gas tax now being pushed in D.C. Great, just when we were starting to enjoy those low prices at the pump.
1 cent dip in gas prices across the region. We’re now paying an average of $1.68 at the pump.
8,000 tickets still available this morning in Minnesota for Sunday’s game with the Eagles vs. the Vikings.
38-24 loss hung on Penn State by a clearly superior USC team. At one point before halftime it was 31-7.
6 wins and no losses for Eagles Coach Andy Reid in the first game of the playoffs. Not a bad record.
7 of the last 8 meetings with the Vikings have seen the Eagles come out on top.
7 wins and 5 losses for Donovan McNabb as a starter in the playoffs.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
8,000 tickets remaining for a playoff game? It’s heresy. What ever happened to those dedicated fans who used to sit outside at old Municipal Stadium in Minneapolis. Eagles fans will be glad to fill those seats in the comfy Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
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I Don’t Get It: Now apparently you can’t talk or laugh in the movie theater without risking getting shot.
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Today’s Upper: A huge thumb’s up for the Cahill Fancy Brigade Mummers troupe, which put in an appearance in Eddystone last night to see off one of their own. Eric Sprague is a member of the Pennsylvania National Guard and is being deployed to Iraq with the 56th Stryker Brigade.
Quote Box: “One of the things I’m trying to do is promote this great tradition and let people know what we’ve got here.”
-- Eric Sprague, talking about bring his Cahill Brigade pals to Eddystone to spread the word about the Mummers Parade.
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