The Daily Numbers: 19, age of Ridley man who police say led them on a 30-mile high-speed chase up I-95 yesterday morning.
14, age of teen clipped by a CSX train in Darby Borough last night. He was not seriously injured.
3,400 dollars in tips ripped off an employee at Harrah’s casino.
0 tax hike on tap in the budget for Yeadon Borough.
15 dollar tax hike for most residents in Edgmont.
0.5 mill real estate tax hike in Morton Borough.
6 days, how long a cat was stuck in a tree in Secane before being rescued and reunited with its family.
3 convicted Pa. killers whose sentences will be commuted by Gov. Ed Rendell.
20 cents per gallon, how much gas prices have gone up in the last month.
Some experts are now predicting $5 a gallon gas by the summer.
12 cars vandalized in Northeast Philly Wednesday night. They had windows smashed.
150,000 in bogus goods seized from a flea market in New Hope.
37 percent of manufacturing jobs in the region that have been wiped out since 2000, according to new study.
25 gas stations being acquired by Sunoco in New York State.
9 million dollars, how much the annual Mummers Parade brings into the region in tourism business.
20 dollar surcharge being slapped on round-trip tickets by US Airways.
Many airlines already have such fees in place.
3 percent dip in violence crime reported in Philadelphia over the past year.
237 million dollar Mega Million jackpot up for grabs Friday night.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Anyone else now having serious questions about just how far the Eagles are going to go in the NFL Playoffs? Good, I am not alone.
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I Don’t Get It: A man in western Pennsylvania has been charged with stealing a video game. Big deal, right? Uh, not exactly. He swiped it from a young boy’s casket. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Hey, we got some snow earlier this week, but we we got nothing like the pounding they received in North Jersey and New York City, where they are still digging out. I’ll take it.
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Quote Box: “Mom, you’re not going to believe this, but there’s another guy who needs the leave more than me.”
- Army Spc. Vincent Violi, telling his mother why he was giving up his holiday leave.
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