The Daily Numbers: 17, age of Ollie Cloyd, who was gunned down in Darby Borough Wednesday night. He would have turned 18 next week.
4 kids on bikes who are believed responsible for the shooting.
61,000 dollars believed ripped off from the snack bar by the former vice president of the Norwood Athletic Club.
90 fugitives from Delaware County scooped up by the feds yesterday in Operation Falcon. They nabbed 338 suspects across the region.
4,000 workers at 40 Acme stores in the region who will head back to work today despite an impasse with the supermarket chain over a tough new contract the company wants to implement.
4 women who report they have been groped by a man at Broad Street line subway stations in South Philadelphia.
3 people who face trial for a string of thefts from churches in Montgomery County. They raided poor boxes and stole musical instruments, apparently to feed their drug habit.
10, age of boy charged in Norristown with brutally beating a puppy on a Norristown street.
10 p.m., the suggested curfew being put in place for the beach in Ocean City, N.J.
11, age of boy struck by a stray bullet just after 8 last night in Wilmington.
4 execs placed on leave by Sunoco amid a federal investigation of its oil supply and trading practices.
30 dollars, dirt cheap one-way fare being offered by Southwest Airlines for flights up to 400 miles.
1.7 billion dollars in new cuts that might have to be made under an austere Senate budget plan for Pa. that is now being taken up by the House.
15, age of girl a retired pastor from the Lehigh Valley has admitted to sexually propositioning.
4 straight games in which Jayson Werth has homered. His dinger was part of Phils’ 9-6 win over the Reds last night.
7 home runs in 12 games now for Werth, who has 20 on the season.
15 million votes for Shane Victorino as he captured Internet voting for the last spot on the NL All-Star team.
4 Phillies who have hit 20 home runs before the All-Star break. It’s only the 2nd time in history that’s been done.
3 scoreless innings thrown by Chan Ho Park in relief of Jamie Moyer, who was shaky, giving up 6 runs on 8 hits over just 5 innings.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Shane Victorino is an All-Star. That’s four Phils headed to St. Louis.
It might be too much to ask Manager Charlie Manuel to add Jayson Werth to the spot vacated by an injured Carlos Beltran, but if he did it would be “werth” it. Jayson is playing that well.
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I Don’t Get It: Another young life has been cut down in Upper Darby. But no one is willing to come forward and tell what they know to police. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: The state Senate yesterday OK’d a bill to make it illegal in Pa. to “text” while driving. Now it goes to the House. They should pass ASAP. And we’re not LOL.
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Quote Box: “Let my brother be the sacrificial lamb. Let it stop with him. Please don’t take another life. Let it stop.”
- Anna Marie Goodwin, sister of murder victim Ollie Cloyd of Darby Borough, at a vigil held last night.
4 kids on bikes who are believed responsible for the shooting.
61,000 dollars believed ripped off from the snack bar by the former vice president of the Norwood Athletic Club.
90 fugitives from Delaware County scooped up by the feds yesterday in Operation Falcon. They nabbed 338 suspects across the region.
4,000 workers at 40 Acme stores in the region who will head back to work today despite an impasse with the supermarket chain over a tough new contract the company wants to implement.
4 women who report they have been groped by a man at Broad Street line subway stations in South Philadelphia.
3 people who face trial for a string of thefts from churches in Montgomery County. They raided poor boxes and stole musical instruments, apparently to feed their drug habit.
10, age of boy charged in Norristown with brutally beating a puppy on a Norristown street.
10 p.m., the suggested curfew being put in place for the beach in Ocean City, N.J.
11, age of boy struck by a stray bullet just after 8 last night in Wilmington.
4 execs placed on leave by Sunoco amid a federal investigation of its oil supply and trading practices.
30 dollars, dirt cheap one-way fare being offered by Southwest Airlines for flights up to 400 miles.
1.7 billion dollars in new cuts that might have to be made under an austere Senate budget plan for Pa. that is now being taken up by the House.
15, age of girl a retired pastor from the Lehigh Valley has admitted to sexually propositioning.
4 straight games in which Jayson Werth has homered. His dinger was part of Phils’ 9-6 win over the Reds last night.
7 home runs in 12 games now for Werth, who has 20 on the season.
15 million votes for Shane Victorino as he captured Internet voting for the last spot on the NL All-Star team.
4 Phillies who have hit 20 home runs before the All-Star break. It’s only the 2nd time in history that’s been done.
3 scoreless innings thrown by Chan Ho Park in relief of Jamie Moyer, who was shaky, giving up 6 runs on 8 hits over just 5 innings.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Shane Victorino is an All-Star. That’s four Phils headed to St. Louis.
It might be too much to ask Manager Charlie Manuel to add Jayson Werth to the spot vacated by an injured Carlos Beltran, but if he did it would be “werth” it. Jayson is playing that well.
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I Don’t Get It: Another young life has been cut down in Upper Darby. But no one is willing to come forward and tell what they know to police. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: The state Senate yesterday OK’d a bill to make it illegal in Pa. to “text” while driving. Now it goes to the House. They should pass ASAP. And we’re not LOL.
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Quote Box: “Let my brother be the sacrificial lamb. Let it stop with him. Please don’t take another life. Let it stop.”
- Anna Marie Goodwin, sister of murder victim Ollie Cloyd of Darby Borough, at a vigil held last night.
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