The Daily Numbers: 2 local soldiers who returned home safe and sound after tours in Iraq. Great news.
3 guilty verdicts on drug charges for F. Bruce Covington, the man who brought drugs to the Thornbury house where an intern was killed.
1.1 million dollars that Tinicum was looking to recoup by enacting a tax on incoming flights at Philadelphia International Airport. The tax was shot down in court.
10 a.m. today, when the hearing on Harrah’s request for a renewal of their slots license to operate in Chester gets underway in City Hall.
1 Web site set up by the state Department of Health to get the word out about swine flu. You can access it by going to H1N1inPa.com.
75, age of woman who waived her preliminary hearing and will go to trial on hit-run charges in an incident last summer in which a teen on a bike was struck by a car.
27, age of man who pleaded guilty yesterday to attacking a fellow rider on a SEPTA subway with a hammer.
22, age of minor league pro wrestler Matt “Riot” Lowry, who died in Philadelphia after a training exercise.
35 prison inmates in New Jersey who face new charges for being in possession of cell phones.
1 Philly officer who fired his gun at several suspects in the city’s Kensington section. Officer Richard DeCoatsworth was wounded by a shotgun blast in the fact in 2007. Tuesday night two suspects on a motorcycle apparently tried to run him down.
28 million dollar budget deal that just might end Pennsylvania’s two and a half month budget saga. It could get a vote today.
2.5 million dollars raised in Philly yesterday for Sen. Arlen Specter with the appearance of President Barack Obama.
1,500 jobs being cut by GE Transportation in northwestern Pa. near Erie.
0.7 hike in retail sales in August, the first gain posted in 6 months. Still the number was off 4.3 percent from the August 2008.
6 hits and 0 runs surrendered by Phils starter Cliff Lee as hurled a complete game shutout over the Nationals.
13 career complete games for Lee, including 4 shutouts.
33 straight sellouts for the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. That makes
64 full houses this year.
27 wins at 10 losses for the Phils at home since July 1, after they struggled at home early in the season.
4 quarterbacks now on the active roster for the Eagles, after they signed Jeff Garcia and activated Michael Vick. They join Donovan McNabb and Kevin Kolb.
5, as in No. 5 in the nation for Joe Paterno and his Nittany Lions of Penn State. They face Temple at Happy Valley on Saturday.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Thank God for Cliff Lee. No closer worries last night. Next thing someone will wonder if he can play quarterback, too.
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I Don’t Get It: A woman in Coatesville faces a hearing today on charges she let her daughter drive the car because she was sleepy. The girl was 6. Police believe mom was under the influence.
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Today’s Upper: Good news, all of you who wander around Philly International waiting for incoming flights. The airport is going to set up a new, more friendly and easier-to-find cell phone lot off Route 291.
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Quote Box: “It feel great to be home. It’s indescribable.”
- Army Sgt. 1st Class James Mergott, on his return home to Ridley Township.
3 guilty verdicts on drug charges for F. Bruce Covington, the man who brought drugs to the Thornbury house where an intern was killed.
1.1 million dollars that Tinicum was looking to recoup by enacting a tax on incoming flights at Philadelphia International Airport. The tax was shot down in court.
10 a.m. today, when the hearing on Harrah’s request for a renewal of their slots license to operate in Chester gets underway in City Hall.
1 Web site set up by the state Department of Health to get the word out about swine flu. You can access it by going to H1N1inPa.com.
75, age of woman who waived her preliminary hearing and will go to trial on hit-run charges in an incident last summer in which a teen on a bike was struck by a car.
27, age of man who pleaded guilty yesterday to attacking a fellow rider on a SEPTA subway with a hammer.
22, age of minor league pro wrestler Matt “Riot” Lowry, who died in Philadelphia after a training exercise.
35 prison inmates in New Jersey who face new charges for being in possession of cell phones.
1 Philly officer who fired his gun at several suspects in the city’s Kensington section. Officer Richard DeCoatsworth was wounded by a shotgun blast in the fact in 2007. Tuesday night two suspects on a motorcycle apparently tried to run him down.
28 million dollar budget deal that just might end Pennsylvania’s two and a half month budget saga. It could get a vote today.
2.5 million dollars raised in Philly yesterday for Sen. Arlen Specter with the appearance of President Barack Obama.
1,500 jobs being cut by GE Transportation in northwestern Pa. near Erie.
0.7 hike in retail sales in August, the first gain posted in 6 months. Still the number was off 4.3 percent from the August 2008.
6 hits and 0 runs surrendered by Phils starter Cliff Lee as hurled a complete game shutout over the Nationals.
13 career complete games for Lee, including 4 shutouts.
33 straight sellouts for the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. That makes
64 full houses this year.
27 wins at 10 losses for the Phils at home since July 1, after they struggled at home early in the season.
4 quarterbacks now on the active roster for the Eagles, after they signed Jeff Garcia and activated Michael Vick. They join Donovan McNabb and Kevin Kolb.
5, as in No. 5 in the nation for Joe Paterno and his Nittany Lions of Penn State. They face Temple at Happy Valley on Saturday.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Thank God for Cliff Lee. No closer worries last night. Next thing someone will wonder if he can play quarterback, too.
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I Don’t Get It: A woman in Coatesville faces a hearing today on charges she let her daughter drive the car because she was sleepy. The girl was 6. Police believe mom was under the influence.
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Today’s Upper: Good news, all of you who wander around Philly International waiting for incoming flights. The airport is going to set up a new, more friendly and easier-to-find cell phone lot off Route 291.
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Quote Box: “It feel great to be home. It’s indescribable.”
- Army Sgt. 1st Class James Mergott, on his return home to Ridley Township.
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