The Daily Numbers - June 11

The Daily Numbers: 1,000 new jobs that will arrive in Chester Township with a new movie studio.
85 million dollar project that was unveiled yesterday. Hollywood comes to Delco.
18 of July, that’s when Harrah’s will throw open the doors to their new table games facilities after two days of testing.
7 months, age of baby in Ridley whose death has been ruled a homicide.
Police say his mother, 29, will be charged in the case.
70,000 dollars the state alleges was embezzled from the borough of Yeadon coffers by their former finance director.
423 grads honored at ceremonies yesterday at Archbishop Prendergast High School; 384 at Penncrest.
5 Delaware County high schools that hold their graduation ceremonies today.
17 years in slammer for a social services contractor in Philadelphia for her role in the case that led to the starvation death of a disabled teen in her firm’s care.
14, age of teen struck by a police cruiser last night in the Cobbs Creek section of Philly.
47, age of victim who was attacked by a man wielding a pair of scissors at the Oregon Avenue station of the Broad Street subway line.
32,000 dollars worth of honey that was confiscated from the food distribution center in Philly because it contains a dangerous antibiotic.
18 police officers being laid off in Atlantic City.
1 year of probation and community service for the woman convicted in the sex-for-World Series tickets controversy.
10,000 free seats being given away by Megabus as it increases its routes out of Philly.
4 hits, 0 runs for the Phils last night as they fell to the Marlins, 2-0.
0 goals for the Union as they lost to the Kansas City Wizards.
2 week vacation for the Union as the MLS takes a break for the World Cup.
2:30 Saturday, when the U.S. makes its World Cup premiere against England. They’re holding a viewing party down at PPL Park, the Union’s new field in Chester.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Somebody tell the Phillies it was the Flyers who were eliminated, not them.
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I Don’t Get It: Will the World Cup and the Union’s arrival in Chester put soccer over the top in this area? We’re about to find out.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the Flyers for a great run over the last two months. It sure beat watching the Phillies squeeze those bats into sawdust night after night.
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Quote Box: “This project will bring nearly 1,000 construction jobs to the county, as well as another 500 jobs through the southeastern part of the state from the companies that supply the mate5rials and parts that we will need.”
- Jeff Rotwitt, at the opening of his Sun Center Studio in Chester Township yesterday.

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