The Daily Numbers: 19, age of Nicole Gallo, killed when she was run down on the sidewalk outside Delaware County Memorial Hospital last week.
Gone way too soon.
2013, as in the Class of 2013, which moved into their dorm rooms at Villanova yesterday, the first school to report. What happened to summer?
2 times now a gas main has been ruptured by workers at the new Giant store at the location of the former Valu City in Springfield.
176 properties listed for sheriff’s sale at the Media Courthouse on Friday.
5,000 in cash ripped off from a 92-year-old woman in Darby Township by a couple of bogus utility workers. Police are hot on their trail.
100 year old woman beaten and robbed in Southwest Philly in broad daylight.
1 body found inside a burned-out car in Middletown yesterday. Police responded to a report of a car fire. When the flames were extinguished, a body was discovered still inside.
34, age of former coach at Kennedy-Kenrick High School nabbed in an Internet sex sting.
1 winning ticket worth $259 million sold in South Carolina in last night’s Powerball drawing. You could do some serious damage at the Piggly Wiggly with that kind of cash.
1 man dead after he was struck by a car on Route 13 in New Castle, Del.
5.30 percent, average rate for a 30-year mortgage in Pennsylvania.
That’s down from 5.38 from the week before.
7, as in No. 7, which is now emblazoned on Eagles jerseys with Michael Vick’s name on them. Dick’s Sporting Goods has decided not to sell the items.
26 years in prison for a Chester County man in a 2004 kidnapping of the son of a diner owner.
21, age of student from Downingtown, Chester County, who was shot and killed while walking home in Tampa, Fla. He was a student-athlete at the University of Tampa.
6.5 months after they were first supposed to be in use, SEPTA is now hoping to roll out its new electronic token system on Sept. 30.
350 people who showed up at a party thrown in South Philly last night by former Sen. Vince Fumo, to celebrate his recent engagement. It was also something of a bon voyage. Fumo is due to report to prison on Aug. 31 unless he can block the move in court.
30-19, votes by which the Senate yesterday rejected a move to override a veto by Gov. Ed Rendell on a state budget plan.
1.4 billion dollar deficit facing the city of Philadelphia. A plan to OK a tax hike is still tied up in the Harrisburg budget debate. Meantime today Mayor Michael Nutter today will roll out his so-called “doomsday budget.”
6 fires that have ravaged a block in North Philadelphia and put residents on edge.
0 hits surrendered by Phils’ starter Cliff Lee through 6 innings last night in blowing away the Diamondbacks.
2 hits and one unearned run eventually given up by Lee.
11 strikeouts for Lee, a career high. It also was his 4th straight win since joining the Phils, including 2 complete games.
4 home runs blasted by the Phils, including 2 for Jayson Werth.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Ruben Amaro Jr. looks like a genius in the aftermath of what Cliff Lee has done in his four starts for the Phils. Lee is 4-0 and seemingly flirts with a no-hitter every time out.
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I Don’t Get It: Tony Danza is going to teach a high school class at Northeast High School as part of a reality TV show. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos for Dick’s Sporting Goods, which has decided – at least for now – not to sell Michael Vick No. 7 Eagles jerseys.
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Quote Box: “Good kid. Sweet kid. It’s a great loss for everyone.”
- Melissa Weidler, track coach at Lebanon Valley College, on the death of Clifton Heights resident and one of her student-athletes Nicole Gallo.
Gone way too soon.
2013, as in the Class of 2013, which moved into their dorm rooms at Villanova yesterday, the first school to report. What happened to summer?
2 times now a gas main has been ruptured by workers at the new Giant store at the location of the former Valu City in Springfield.
176 properties listed for sheriff’s sale at the Media Courthouse on Friday.
5,000 in cash ripped off from a 92-year-old woman in Darby Township by a couple of bogus utility workers. Police are hot on their trail.
100 year old woman beaten and robbed in Southwest Philly in broad daylight.
1 body found inside a burned-out car in Middletown yesterday. Police responded to a report of a car fire. When the flames were extinguished, a body was discovered still inside.
34, age of former coach at Kennedy-Kenrick High School nabbed in an Internet sex sting.
1 winning ticket worth $259 million sold in South Carolina in last night’s Powerball drawing. You could do some serious damage at the Piggly Wiggly with that kind of cash.
1 man dead after he was struck by a car on Route 13 in New Castle, Del.
5.30 percent, average rate for a 30-year mortgage in Pennsylvania.
That’s down from 5.38 from the week before.
7, as in No. 7, which is now emblazoned on Eagles jerseys with Michael Vick’s name on them. Dick’s Sporting Goods has decided not to sell the items.
26 years in prison for a Chester County man in a 2004 kidnapping of the son of a diner owner.
21, age of student from Downingtown, Chester County, who was shot and killed while walking home in Tampa, Fla. He was a student-athlete at the University of Tampa.
6.5 months after they were first supposed to be in use, SEPTA is now hoping to roll out its new electronic token system on Sept. 30.
350 people who showed up at a party thrown in South Philly last night by former Sen. Vince Fumo, to celebrate his recent engagement. It was also something of a bon voyage. Fumo is due to report to prison on Aug. 31 unless he can block the move in court.
30-19, votes by which the Senate yesterday rejected a move to override a veto by Gov. Ed Rendell on a state budget plan.
1.4 billion dollar deficit facing the city of Philadelphia. A plan to OK a tax hike is still tied up in the Harrisburg budget debate. Meantime today Mayor Michael Nutter today will roll out his so-called “doomsday budget.”
6 fires that have ravaged a block in North Philadelphia and put residents on edge.
0 hits surrendered by Phils’ starter Cliff Lee through 6 innings last night in blowing away the Diamondbacks.
2 hits and one unearned run eventually given up by Lee.
11 strikeouts for Lee, a career high. It also was his 4th straight win since joining the Phils, including 2 complete games.
4 home runs blasted by the Phils, including 2 for Jayson Werth.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Ruben Amaro Jr. looks like a genius in the aftermath of what Cliff Lee has done in his four starts for the Phils. Lee is 4-0 and seemingly flirts with a no-hitter every time out.
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I Don’t Get It: Tony Danza is going to teach a high school class at Northeast High School as part of a reality TV show. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos for Dick’s Sporting Goods, which has decided – at least for now – not to sell Michael Vick No. 7 Eagles jerseys.
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Quote Box: “Good kid. Sweet kid. It’s a great loss for everyone.”
- Melissa Weidler, track coach at Lebanon Valley College, on the death of Clifton Heights resident and one of her student-athletes Nicole Gallo.
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