The Daily Numbers: 100,000 pennies collected by students at the Upper Darby School District Kindergarten Center for children in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
10,000 dollar donation for Darby Borough’s Fresh Start program from Verizon. The program mentors and counsels at-need kids.
2 moms in Delaware who face charges after police say they went shopping at Concord Mall and left their 3 kids alone in the car in the parking lot.
25 years as police chief in Marcus Hook for George McClure and 54 years as a member of the fire department. He has served as mayor for 16 years before being defeated in the May primary. He was recently honored by council at his last session.
16 dogs, 5 snakes seized when police raided a pet shop in the Olney section of Philadelphia.
5 vehicle break-ins reported in the parking lot of the Franklin Mills Mall in recent weeks.
4 people employed by a West Chester staffing firm indicted on charges they were scamming the nation’s visa program and bringing illegal workers into the country.
10 million dollar scam run by a West Chester investor who ripped off 4 school districts by selling high-risk, short-term bonds for a golf course project.
2 people dead after a crash in Cherry Hill that involved a car that went out of control and struck a man doing work in his front yard.
2 teens killed in a crash near Pottstown that involved an SUV full of high school students. 4 other kids were injured. It’s the second crash in a couple of weeks in which 2 young people were killed.
54, age of woman whose body was found in her car in the parking lot of a restaurant off Route 322 near Honey Brook, in Chester County.
4 people under arrest in Newark, Del., after they invaded an apartment of University of Delaware students. 6 young people were tied up with duct tape. Police now say they hit the wrong apartment.
97-95 vote in the state House last night to give green light to adding table games to Pa., casinos.
16.5 million dollar licensing fee the casinos – including Harrah’s in Chester – would pay for the right to add table games.
320 million dollars, how much table games is expected to add to state coffers over the first 2 years of operation.
20 million dollars to be spent to upgrade the Army training facility off West Chester Pike in Edgmont.
2.71 a gallon, what we’re paying on average for gas in the Philly region. This time last year it was $1.79 a gallon.
2 Philadelphia school security officers under investigation in connection with the beating of a student at Frankford High School.
27, age of murder suspect who is now back behind bars after walking out of prison in a mixup in Philly on Thanksgiving Day.
1,831 people who have gotten the H1N1 vaccine in Pa., according to state Health Department.
12 game losing skid snapped by the Sixers last night when they beat the Golden State Warriors, 117-101.
26 points for Thaddeus Young to lead the Sixers; Allen Iverson added 20.
3-1 win for Flyers over the Bruins in a preview of the Winter Classic that will be held at Fenway Park in New Year’s Day.
72 hour window in which the Phils need to complete the deal with Toronto to acquire Roy Halladay.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Isn’t the deal that’s being talked about now for Roy Halladay the same one as was being bandied about in July. The Phils are still going to have to give up some prospects, only now they will swap in Halladay in their rotation instead of Cliff Lee.
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I Don’t Get It: Two women are now charged in Delaware with leaving their kids in the car in the parking lot while they went into a mall Christmas shopping.
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Today’s Upper: Let’s here it for the kids at the Upper Darby Kindergarten Center, who this year are gathering items to send to kids in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Quote Box: “We need support to help these kids copntinue their education and stay off the streets.”
- Fresh Start Executive Director Leslie Lewis-McGirth, on Verizon’s $10,000 donation to her group.
10,000 dollar donation for Darby Borough’s Fresh Start program from Verizon. The program mentors and counsels at-need kids.
2 moms in Delaware who face charges after police say they went shopping at Concord Mall and left their 3 kids alone in the car in the parking lot.
25 years as police chief in Marcus Hook for George McClure and 54 years as a member of the fire department. He has served as mayor for 16 years before being defeated in the May primary. He was recently honored by council at his last session.
16 dogs, 5 snakes seized when police raided a pet shop in the Olney section of Philadelphia.
5 vehicle break-ins reported in the parking lot of the Franklin Mills Mall in recent weeks.
4 people employed by a West Chester staffing firm indicted on charges they were scamming the nation’s visa program and bringing illegal workers into the country.
10 million dollar scam run by a West Chester investor who ripped off 4 school districts by selling high-risk, short-term bonds for a golf course project.
2 people dead after a crash in Cherry Hill that involved a car that went out of control and struck a man doing work in his front yard.
2 teens killed in a crash near Pottstown that involved an SUV full of high school students. 4 other kids were injured. It’s the second crash in a couple of weeks in which 2 young people were killed.
54, age of woman whose body was found in her car in the parking lot of a restaurant off Route 322 near Honey Brook, in Chester County.
4 people under arrest in Newark, Del., after they invaded an apartment of University of Delaware students. 6 young people were tied up with duct tape. Police now say they hit the wrong apartment.
97-95 vote in the state House last night to give green light to adding table games to Pa., casinos.
16.5 million dollar licensing fee the casinos – including Harrah’s in Chester – would pay for the right to add table games.
320 million dollars, how much table games is expected to add to state coffers over the first 2 years of operation.
20 million dollars to be spent to upgrade the Army training facility off West Chester Pike in Edgmont.
2.71 a gallon, what we’re paying on average for gas in the Philly region. This time last year it was $1.79 a gallon.
2 Philadelphia school security officers under investigation in connection with the beating of a student at Frankford High School.
27, age of murder suspect who is now back behind bars after walking out of prison in a mixup in Philly on Thanksgiving Day.
1,831 people who have gotten the H1N1 vaccine in Pa., according to state Health Department.
12 game losing skid snapped by the Sixers last night when they beat the Golden State Warriors, 117-101.
26 points for Thaddeus Young to lead the Sixers; Allen Iverson added 20.
3-1 win for Flyers over the Bruins in a preview of the Winter Classic that will be held at Fenway Park in New Year’s Day.
72 hour window in which the Phils need to complete the deal with Toronto to acquire Roy Halladay.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Isn’t the deal that’s being talked about now for Roy Halladay the same one as was being bandied about in July. The Phils are still going to have to give up some prospects, only now they will swap in Halladay in their rotation instead of Cliff Lee.
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I Don’t Get It: Two women are now charged in Delaware with leaving their kids in the car in the parking lot while they went into a mall Christmas shopping.
*
Today’s Upper: Let’s here it for the kids at the Upper Darby Kindergarten Center, who this year are gathering items to send to kids in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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Quote Box: “We need support to help these kids copntinue their education and stay off the streets.”
- Fresh Start Executive Director Leslie Lewis-McGirth, on Verizon’s $10,000 donation to her group.
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