The Daily Numbers: 1 Pa. state trooper shot and killed after a 40-mile chase of a suspect from Easton to Tobyhanna last night.
21.9 percent, unemployment rate for teenagers across the country. Many teens are finding traditional summer jobs filled by adults seeking work.
400 applications, how many most job postings for new college grads are drawing these days.
35 to 90 years in jail for a man involved in a fatal home invasion in Chester.
335 graduates who picked up diplomas yesterday at ceremonies honoring Garnet Valley High School Sunday.
12, age of boy to whom a man exposed himself in the restroom of the Macy’s store in Exton Square Mall over the weekend.
20 million dollars, who much a Broomall man has now admitted ripping off from investors in a Ponzi scam.
6 hours, 24 minutes, 4 seconds, winning time for Andre Greipel in men’s Philly International Championship bike race yesterday.
2:22.33.5, winning time for Ina Teutenberg in the women’s Libery Classic race.
33, age of woman found shot to death slumped inside her SUV on a Wilmington street.
2 teens who drowned in the Gunpowder River in Aberdeen, Md., while celebrating their high school graduation.
50 pounds of pot seized in the bed of a pickup truck in New Castle.
15,000 dollar grant awarded to the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education to develop urban farming.
1 person struck and killed by a New Jersey transit bus in Burlington County, N.J.
3 alarm blaze that rocked an industrial chemical plant in Bucks County.
2 suspects who accosted a man and took off in his Jaguar in Overbrook Saturday night.
24 arrests, though no incidents of violence, as police stepped up their presence after last weekend’s violent incidents on South Street in Philly.
3 homers for the Phils, as they beat the Dodgers on Sunday to salvage a split in their 4-game series.
6 blown save opportunities this year for closer Brad Lidge, who was perfect last year.
2 wins for rookie Antonio Bastardo, who gave the Phils 5 strong innings Sunday in L.A.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Geez, we certainly do have short memories. So Brad Lidge has blown a few saves this year, including two games in L.A. over the weekend. Do we forget that all he did last year was run the table, the perfect season?
I haven’t.
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I Don’t Get It: You’d be hard-pressed to know that Arlen Specter was ever a member of the Republican Party the way he was talking to state Dems over the weekeend.
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Today’s Upper: Looks like we’re finally getting a little summer weather. Hot & humid, just the way I like it.
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Quote Box: “Recent graduates are facing a far wider range of competition.”
-- Dr. Ellen Sloss, of Neumann University, on the job market new graduates are entering.
21.9 percent, unemployment rate for teenagers across the country. Many teens are finding traditional summer jobs filled by adults seeking work.
400 applications, how many most job postings for new college grads are drawing these days.
35 to 90 years in jail for a man involved in a fatal home invasion in Chester.
335 graduates who picked up diplomas yesterday at ceremonies honoring Garnet Valley High School Sunday.
12, age of boy to whom a man exposed himself in the restroom of the Macy’s store in Exton Square Mall over the weekend.
20 million dollars, who much a Broomall man has now admitted ripping off from investors in a Ponzi scam.
6 hours, 24 minutes, 4 seconds, winning time for Andre Greipel in men’s Philly International Championship bike race yesterday.
2:22.33.5, winning time for Ina Teutenberg in the women’s Libery Classic race.
33, age of woman found shot to death slumped inside her SUV on a Wilmington street.
2 teens who drowned in the Gunpowder River in Aberdeen, Md., while celebrating their high school graduation.
50 pounds of pot seized in the bed of a pickup truck in New Castle.
15,000 dollar grant awarded to the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education to develop urban farming.
1 person struck and killed by a New Jersey transit bus in Burlington County, N.J.
3 alarm blaze that rocked an industrial chemical plant in Bucks County.
2 suspects who accosted a man and took off in his Jaguar in Overbrook Saturday night.
24 arrests, though no incidents of violence, as police stepped up their presence after last weekend’s violent incidents on South Street in Philly.
3 homers for the Phils, as they beat the Dodgers on Sunday to salvage a split in their 4-game series.
6 blown save opportunities this year for closer Brad Lidge, who was perfect last year.
2 wins for rookie Antonio Bastardo, who gave the Phils 5 strong innings Sunday in L.A.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Geez, we certainly do have short memories. So Brad Lidge has blown a few saves this year, including two games in L.A. over the weekend. Do we forget that all he did last year was run the table, the perfect season?
I haven’t.
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I Don’t Get It: You’d be hard-pressed to know that Arlen Specter was ever a member of the Republican Party the way he was talking to state Dems over the weekeend.
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Today’s Upper: Looks like we’re finally getting a little summer weather. Hot & humid, just the way I like it.
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Quote Box: “Recent graduates are facing a far wider range of competition.”
-- Dr. Ellen Sloss, of Neumann University, on the job market new graduates are entering.
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