The Daily Numbers: 12 people busted for drugs in a sting operation in Chester, including Karon Burton, the Daily Times 2008 All-Delco Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
40 homes in Lower Chichester damaged by two juveniles who spray-painted their “tags” on homes, the township hockey court and rec equipment.
3 suspects being sought in connection with a graffiti spree that targeted a bridge and nonprofit horticultural center in Delaware.
6 people busted in what police are calling an international stolen credit card scheme in Upper Darby.
14,000 dollars believed ripped off from the Radnor Girls Crew Club by a Wayne man. He faces charges.
2 rabid raccoons that have now been detected in the county. The first was last week in Radnor, now another has attacked a dog in Ridley.
567,319 dollars in donations that came into U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak’s coffers in the last reporting period. Some believe he is mulling a run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Sen. Arlen Specter. Sestak is saying only that he’s happy in the House.
406,187 registered voters in Delaware County, that’s up just a shade from November.
5 million dollars for groundwater cleanup along Naylor’s Run Stream in Haverford.
16,000 cars a day that go over a bridge on King of Prussia Road in Radnor. The bridge over Gulph Creek has been shut down for emergency repairs. The road is closed between Matsonford and Croton roads.
1.2 million voter edge for Democrats in Pennsylvania. That’s actually down 30,000 from the November numbers. Monday was the final day to register to vote in the May primary.
2-1 margin, results of poll showing New Jersey residents would like to be able to wager legally on sporting events.
7, age of boy found in hotel room where his bother was arrested on charges of prostitution in Bensalem, Bucks County.
40 laptops stolen from a Philadelphia high school that have been recovered after the arrest of 2 suspects in the case.
27 citations for speeding issued during a crackdown on speeders by state police in Bucks County.
345,500 square feet of space in the new home of Tasty Baking Co. in the Philadelphia Navy Yard Corporate Center.
23 million dollars believed ripped off from clients by a Chester County-based financial adviser.
45 percent of Philadelphia adults who are not working and not looking for work, according to a new study.
200,000 dollars that will be targeted to the fight against youth gangs in Allentown.
5 people found dead inside a hotel room in Towson, Md., last night.
3 games on tap with the Milwaukee Brewers for the Phils, starting tonight at Citizens Bank Park.
2 million dollars, how much Sheldon Brown is supposed to make with the Eagles this year. He now wants to be traded after efforts to get a new deal went nowhere.
1 goal so far in the Flyers first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series for Jeff Carter.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Don’t look now but there’s another disgruntled Eagle in the nest. Starting corner Sheldon Brown wants to be traded after the team rebuffed his request for a new deal. The team fired back that they have no intention of dealing Brown.
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I Don’t Get It: A mother in Bucks County has been charged with engaging in prostitution from the hotel room where she was living. Police say her 7-year-old son was in the room when she was at “work.” I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Nice move by Doubletree Hotel in Philly. They are renovating and donated $50,000 worth of furniture to Habitat for Humanity. That’s a serious thumb’s up.
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Quote Box: “Chester has a drug problem, a drug-selling problem.”
-- Chester Narcotics Capt. Alan Davis, on results of sting operation that resulted in 12 arrests.
40 homes in Lower Chichester damaged by two juveniles who spray-painted their “tags” on homes, the township hockey court and rec equipment.
3 suspects being sought in connection with a graffiti spree that targeted a bridge and nonprofit horticultural center in Delaware.
6 people busted in what police are calling an international stolen credit card scheme in Upper Darby.
14,000 dollars believed ripped off from the Radnor Girls Crew Club by a Wayne man. He faces charges.
2 rabid raccoons that have now been detected in the county. The first was last week in Radnor, now another has attacked a dog in Ridley.
567,319 dollars in donations that came into U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak’s coffers in the last reporting period. Some believe he is mulling a run for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Sen. Arlen Specter. Sestak is saying only that he’s happy in the House.
406,187 registered voters in Delaware County, that’s up just a shade from November.
5 million dollars for groundwater cleanup along Naylor’s Run Stream in Haverford.
16,000 cars a day that go over a bridge on King of Prussia Road in Radnor. The bridge over Gulph Creek has been shut down for emergency repairs. The road is closed between Matsonford and Croton roads.
1.2 million voter edge for Democrats in Pennsylvania. That’s actually down 30,000 from the November numbers. Monday was the final day to register to vote in the May primary.
2-1 margin, results of poll showing New Jersey residents would like to be able to wager legally on sporting events.
7, age of boy found in hotel room where his bother was arrested on charges of prostitution in Bensalem, Bucks County.
40 laptops stolen from a Philadelphia high school that have been recovered after the arrest of 2 suspects in the case.
27 citations for speeding issued during a crackdown on speeders by state police in Bucks County.
345,500 square feet of space in the new home of Tasty Baking Co. in the Philadelphia Navy Yard Corporate Center.
23 million dollars believed ripped off from clients by a Chester County-based financial adviser.
45 percent of Philadelphia adults who are not working and not looking for work, according to a new study.
200,000 dollars that will be targeted to the fight against youth gangs in Allentown.
5 people found dead inside a hotel room in Towson, Md., last night.
3 games on tap with the Milwaukee Brewers for the Phils, starting tonight at Citizens Bank Park.
2 million dollars, how much Sheldon Brown is supposed to make with the Eagles this year. He now wants to be traded after efforts to get a new deal went nowhere.
1 goal so far in the Flyers first-round Stanley Cup Playoff series for Jeff Carter.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Don’t look now but there’s another disgruntled Eagle in the nest. Starting corner Sheldon Brown wants to be traded after the team rebuffed his request for a new deal. The team fired back that they have no intention of dealing Brown.
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I Don’t Get It: A mother in Bucks County has been charged with engaging in prostitution from the hotel room where she was living. Police say her 7-year-old son was in the room when she was at “work.” I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Nice move by Doubletree Hotel in Philly. They are renovating and donated $50,000 worth of furniture to Habitat for Humanity. That’s a serious thumb’s up.
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Quote Box: “Chester has a drug problem, a drug-selling problem.”
-- Chester Narcotics Capt. Alan Davis, on results of sting operation that resulted in 12 arrests.
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