The Daily Numbers: 142 kids registered for classes at St. Joseph’s School in Collingdale for next year.
200, number they needed to keep the school open.
518 student were enrolled at the school in 2003-04. That dipped to 230 students this year.
2.87 a gallon, what we’re paying for gas in the Philly region. $2.07, what we were paying a year ago.
2 hit-run incidents reported over the weekend in Philly. In one a senior law student at Temple was struck at 22nd and the Ben Franklin Parkway.
5, age of boy struck by pickup truck he had been riding in. The driver was not aware that the boy had gotten out of the truck as he vacuumed it at a Bucks County car wash.
53,000 dollars embezzled from YMC by a Philadelphia woman.
75 years for the Variety Show helping disabled kids. The charity will celebrate its anniversary this Saturday.
50 feet, how far a man fell as he was climbing a rock wall in a quarry in Berks County.
2 million dollar settlement for a men in Delaware who claimed he was abused by a priest for years when he was young.
1 billion free ATM transactions that will be celebrated this week by Wawa. The convenience store will throw a party to mark the occasion.
39, age of head football coach at Cape Henlopen High School in Del., who is charged with raping a teen girl.
13, age of girl shot in Philadelphia over the weekend. She was one of 5 people injured in various shootings.
175 million dollars up for grabs in the Powerball Wednesday night. No one hit again on Saturday night.
3 children killed when a station wagon plunged through a guardrail and down an embankment near Harrisburg.
1 unearned run on 7 hits as Roy Halladay went the distance and got his 2nd win of the season for Phils yesterday in Houston.
150 career wins for Halladay.
5-1 start for the Phils, who send Cole Hamels to the hill today for the home opener vs. the Nationals.
46 shots stopped by Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist against the Flyers yesterday.
2-1 win for Flyers in shootout, which sends them into the playoffs and the Rangers to the golf course.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.There really is nothing better than playoff hockey. And make no mistake, yesterday’s Flyers-Rangers classic was a one-game playoff.
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I Don’t Get It: We were so busy detailing the return of Tiger Woods from his myriad marital infidelities that we almost missed a great story – Phil Mickelson winning one for his wife, who is battling breast cancer.
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Today’s Upper: Tiger Woods’ first Masters win was called a “win for the ages.” Yesterday Jim Nantz dubbed Mickelson’s effort “a win for the family.” Pretty appropriate.
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Quote Box: “It is a sad occasion. It’s a shame that St. Joe’s is closing because of budget deficits.”
- St. Joe’s parishioner Tom McCormick.
200, number they needed to keep the school open.
518 student were enrolled at the school in 2003-04. That dipped to 230 students this year.
2.87 a gallon, what we’re paying for gas in the Philly region. $2.07, what we were paying a year ago.
2 hit-run incidents reported over the weekend in Philly. In one a senior law student at Temple was struck at 22nd and the Ben Franklin Parkway.
5, age of boy struck by pickup truck he had been riding in. The driver was not aware that the boy had gotten out of the truck as he vacuumed it at a Bucks County car wash.
53,000 dollars embezzled from YMC by a Philadelphia woman.
75 years for the Variety Show helping disabled kids. The charity will celebrate its anniversary this Saturday.
50 feet, how far a man fell as he was climbing a rock wall in a quarry in Berks County.
2 million dollar settlement for a men in Delaware who claimed he was abused by a priest for years when he was young.
1 billion free ATM transactions that will be celebrated this week by Wawa. The convenience store will throw a party to mark the occasion.
39, age of head football coach at Cape Henlopen High School in Del., who is charged with raping a teen girl.
13, age of girl shot in Philadelphia over the weekend. She was one of 5 people injured in various shootings.
175 million dollars up for grabs in the Powerball Wednesday night. No one hit again on Saturday night.
3 children killed when a station wagon plunged through a guardrail and down an embankment near Harrisburg.
1 unearned run on 7 hits as Roy Halladay went the distance and got his 2nd win of the season for Phils yesterday in Houston.
150 career wins for Halladay.
5-1 start for the Phils, who send Cole Hamels to the hill today for the home opener vs. the Nationals.
46 shots stopped by Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist against the Flyers yesterday.
2-1 win for Flyers in shootout, which sends them into the playoffs and the Rangers to the golf course.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.There really is nothing better than playoff hockey. And make no mistake, yesterday’s Flyers-Rangers classic was a one-game playoff.
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I Don’t Get It: We were so busy detailing the return of Tiger Woods from his myriad marital infidelities that we almost missed a great story – Phil Mickelson winning one for his wife, who is battling breast cancer.
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Today’s Upper: Tiger Woods’ first Masters win was called a “win for the ages.” Yesterday Jim Nantz dubbed Mickelson’s effort “a win for the family.” Pretty appropriate.
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Quote Box: “It is a sad occasion. It’s a shame that St. Joe’s is closing because of budget deficits.”
- St. Joe’s parishioner Tom McCormick.
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