The Daily Numbers: 6 people who escaped injury when flames engulfed a home in Nether Providence late Saturday.
2 Drexel University students – including one from Haverford – killed and 4 others injured in a car crash in north-central Pennsylvania.
3 people killed on I-95 just over the border in Delaware Saturday. Police now say the crash was caused by speeding and aggressive driving.
15 homes in Coatesville, Chester County, destroyed in the latest suspicious fire to hit the city late Saturday.
30 arson fires reported in the city since the start of 2008.
15 people facing charges in connection with what police are calling a cockfighting ring in Philadelphia.
58 birds seized in a police raid of a home in the Juniata Park section of the city in connection with the operation.
9, age of boy recovering after being attacked by pitbulls while walking down a street in Wilmington, Del.
4 hours, how long some Claymont residents were without power Friday night after power lines were knocked down.
75, age of woman in Montgomery County suffering from dementia who has had charges against her reduced in connection with the stabbing of her sleeping housemate, 81. Police in Audubon say the woman has been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility.
1.86 a gallon, what AAA says we’re paying on the average at the pumps in the Philadelphia region. They also say that despite the cheaper gas, the numbers indicate we are still driving substantially less than we did last year.
8,700 season tickets sold for the Philadelphia Soul. The Arena Football League has cancelled the season, and now the team’s former director of sales is suing for the commissions he believes he earned on those sales. The team is refunding money to fans who bought tickets.
17, age of youth gunned down in North Philadelphia as he was walking to pick up dinner for his family.
100 to zip. That was the score of a high school girls basketball game in Texas. The winning school has now apologized for the score. But the coach has refused to apologize and has been fired by the team.
0 points for Jeff Carter, the sole member of the Flyers to play in last night’s NHL All-Star Game.
12-11 win for the Eastern Stars. The goaltenders must just love these games.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Yeah, we herald the arrival of Super Bowl week. Both teams will arrive in Tampa Bay today. Not among them will be the Philadelphia Eagles. You didn’t hear? They lost to the Arizona Cardinals in the game everyone said was a lock.
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I Don’t Get It: A new study is urging teens to hang up their cell phones before they cross the street, noting a spike in problems involving kids crossing the street while talking or texting on their cell phones. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Thumb’s up for Shane Victorino. The Phillies outfielder granted the “wish” for young cancer patient Brandon Crosby during a recent visit to Citizens Bank Park. Victorino talked with Crosby, gave him a special Phils jersey and even tossed some pitches to the youth as he dug into the batting cage. Nice.
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Quote Box: “It made us see the good work, hard and professional work of our policemen, who are standing before us today. Through their tireless work in the murder case of Mr. Pham, through their concern about our worry and anxiety, they brought to justice the man who allegedly committed the crime.”
-- Commendation read yesterday to Upper Darby police from the Vietnamese community.
2 Drexel University students – including one from Haverford – killed and 4 others injured in a car crash in north-central Pennsylvania.
3 people killed on I-95 just over the border in Delaware Saturday. Police now say the crash was caused by speeding and aggressive driving.
15 homes in Coatesville, Chester County, destroyed in the latest suspicious fire to hit the city late Saturday.
30 arson fires reported in the city since the start of 2008.
15 people facing charges in connection with what police are calling a cockfighting ring in Philadelphia.
58 birds seized in a police raid of a home in the Juniata Park section of the city in connection with the operation.
9, age of boy recovering after being attacked by pitbulls while walking down a street in Wilmington, Del.
4 hours, how long some Claymont residents were without power Friday night after power lines were knocked down.
75, age of woman in Montgomery County suffering from dementia who has had charges against her reduced in connection with the stabbing of her sleeping housemate, 81. Police in Audubon say the woman has been involuntarily committed to a mental health facility.
1.86 a gallon, what AAA says we’re paying on the average at the pumps in the Philadelphia region. They also say that despite the cheaper gas, the numbers indicate we are still driving substantially less than we did last year.
8,700 season tickets sold for the Philadelphia Soul. The Arena Football League has cancelled the season, and now the team’s former director of sales is suing for the commissions he believes he earned on those sales. The team is refunding money to fans who bought tickets.
17, age of youth gunned down in North Philadelphia as he was walking to pick up dinner for his family.
100 to zip. That was the score of a high school girls basketball game in Texas. The winning school has now apologized for the score. But the coach has refused to apologize and has been fired by the team.
0 points for Jeff Carter, the sole member of the Flyers to play in last night’s NHL All-Star Game.
12-11 win for the Eastern Stars. The goaltenders must just love these games.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Yeah, we herald the arrival of Super Bowl week. Both teams will arrive in Tampa Bay today. Not among them will be the Philadelphia Eagles. You didn’t hear? They lost to the Arizona Cardinals in the game everyone said was a lock.
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I Don’t Get It: A new study is urging teens to hang up their cell phones before they cross the street, noting a spike in problems involving kids crossing the street while talking or texting on their cell phones. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Thumb’s up for Shane Victorino. The Phillies outfielder granted the “wish” for young cancer patient Brandon Crosby during a recent visit to Citizens Bank Park. Victorino talked with Crosby, gave him a special Phils jersey and even tossed some pitches to the youth as he dug into the batting cage. Nice.
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Quote Box: “It made us see the good work, hard and professional work of our policemen, who are standing before us today. Through their tireless work in the murder case of Mr. Pham, through their concern about our worry and anxiety, they brought to justice the man who allegedly committed the crime.”
-- Commendation read yesterday to Upper Darby police from the Vietnamese community.
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