The Daily Numbers: 2 GOP key leaders in Harrisburg that call Delco home.
Those would be Senate Minority Leader Sen. Dominic Pileggi, and House Appropriations Committee boss Rep. Bill Adolph of Springfield. With the GOP taking over the House, Adolph becomes the man with his hands on the state’s purse strings.
60 of 67 counties in Pa. that went for Republican Pat Toomey over Democrat Joe Sestak in the U.S. Senate race.
22 to 50 years in jail for the murder of an Upper Darby man on the street in Chester.
2 suspects being sought for a series of burglaries in Brookhaven and Upper Providence.
1 person rescued from an Upper Darby home after fire broke out overnight.
5 newborns believed killed by a woman in Reading who concealed her pregnancies. She waived her preliminary hearing
164 million dollars in tax money that may be missing in Philadelphia.
100 residents of a South Jersey nursing home who had to be evacuated after fire broke out at the facility last night. They’re back in now.
5,000 dollars stolen from a man who had just left the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City. He was attacked and beaten, and his winnings ripped off.
8,000 dollar reward now being put up for information in a brutal animal abuse case in which a dog’s severed body was left on a woman’s porch in Philadelphia.
2 teens who officials say put a cat in a microwave oven, then tossed it out a window, also in Philly.
40, age of man who died after he was Tasered by police in Wilmington, Del., after an altercation.
61 new poker tables coming to a new room at Parx casino in Bucks County.
123 million dollar up for grabs in the Powerball drawing Saturday night.
2 to 4 years for the son of former Philadelphia Controller Joe Vignola for slashing the throat of an escort in a motel.
2 people killed in what is being described as a murder-suicide in Downingtown.
1 win for the Sixers, who finally broke into the win column vs. the Pacers last night.
50,000 dollar fine for Eagles linebacker Ernie Sims for a helmet-to-helmet hit in game against the Titans.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Anyone else starting to be troubled by the health issues surrounding Sixers coach Doug Collins?
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I Don’t Get It: What kind of sick pleasure could two teens get by putting a defenseless cat in a microwave? I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: The elections are finally over. The TV ads are gone. Now how about all the candidates go around and pick up all those signs littering the roadways?
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Quote Box: “Folks back home should feel very good that they have a state House member in the majority who will be the chair of the appropriations committee.”
- Rep. Bill Adolph, R-165, of Springfield, on his new job.
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