The Daily Numbers: 1 elderly man killed when fire roared through his apartment in Radnor early this morning.
1 homicide so far this year in the city of Chester. The city recorded its first over the weekend with the fatal shooting of a 30-year-old city man.
2 people now arrested in connection with a shooting incident at a bowling alley in Delaware back in January.
40,000 Pennsylvanians who will enjoy their final day of AdultBasic health care today, unless the program is extended.
1,700 Delco residents who used the plan; and another 17,400 who were on the waiting list.
3.29 a gallon, the national average price of gasoline. That’s up 13 cents in just one week.
3.34 a gallon, what we’re paying here in the Philly area. It was $3.22 last week and $2.76 last year.
2 Philadelphia police officers injured when they were involved in a serious car crash in which their cruiser was T-boned by a car that ran a red light in Southwest Philly.
5,900 students who will be in class this morning in the Perkiomen Valley School District, where teachers and the school board reached a tentative contract last night to avoid a strike.
3 people killed in fire in North Philadelphia.
4 straight wins for the Sixers, who topped the Cavs on the road last night.
1 game over .500 for the surging Sixers.
7-3 loss to the Yankees for the Phils, who had beaten them on Saturday.
3 scoreless innings pitched by Joe Blanton in his first outing of the spring.
20 days until the first day of spring. Here’s where we stand in the Great Heron’s Nest Snow Prognosticating Event. I said we’d have 9 snows between now and March 20. We’ve had 4, but this is one bet I’d gladly lose.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
So much for the “general soreness” Chase Utley was suffering from. He’s now been diagnosed with tendinitis in his knee and is listed as day-to-day. He has yet to play in Florida. He’s also 32. Not good.
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I Don’t Get It: Neither the state nor the insurance company seem inclined to do anything today, the last day more than 40,000 low-income Pennsylvanians will have their AdultBasic health care. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Just keep telling yourself that all this rain could be snow. I’ll take the rain any day.
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Quote Box: “It is my opinion that we are about to face a clash between the ideals and expectations of the new generation of parents and a system that is designed for a generation of the past.
- Secretary of Education Designate Ron Tomalis, on the school voucher battle about to play out in Harrisburg.
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