The Daily Numbers: 2.5 million dollar bail for teen charged with weapons violations in wake of Friday night shooting that left 2 dead, 8 wounded in Chester.
0 persons charged so far in the two fatalities.
2 years probation and a $1,400 fine for Upper Darby GOP operative Paul Summers in connection with falsified signatures on nominating petitions for now Congressman Pat Meehan. The Democrat running for D.A. is asking that he be resentenced.
82, yesterday’s high temperature. 84, the record for the day.
162 million dollar budget that will be the focus of public hearings in the Upper Darby School District.
120 employees losing their jobs at Wells Fargo in Chester. The company is axing 1,900 workers nationwide.
165 million dollar price tag, including its debt, paid for Tasty Baking Co., the maker of Tastykakes, by a Georgia firm.
866 employees whose jobs at Tasty’s Navy Yard plant in South Philly are safe for now.
1 pregnant woman struck and killed by a motorcyclist as she tried to cross Roosevelt Boulevard last night. Her unborn baby did not survive.
17, age of teen jogger attacked yesterday morning in Fairmount Park.
65, age of Conshohocken weight loss doctor charged with inappropriately touching several female patients during examinations.
28.7 billion dollar boost to the region’s economy derived from local hospitals, according to a new survey.
25 percent boost in cost of gasoline in less than 6 months across the region.
5,003 dollars a year, what average driver is spending a year on gas at $3.75 a gallon.
19 points, 13 rebounds and 1 rim-rattling dunk for Magic star Dwight Howard as Orlando beat the Sixers, 95-85.
126 million dollars, what the Nats paid Jayson Werth to lure him away from Phils last December.
.200 batting average and 1 home run for Werth so far this year.
.306 batting average and 2 home runs for Ben Francisco in right field so far this year for Phils.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Think Dwight Howard was delivering a message with a dunk for the ages last night over Jrue Holiday and the Sixers?
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I Don’t Get It: Tensions remain high in Chester in the wake of the two shooting deaths Friday night. You would think police phones would be ringing off the hook.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Barb DiMario, one of the founders of the Delco Chapter of Parents of Murdered Children, who will be giving up the reins as she moves from the area. She will be missed.
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Quote Box: “I was horrified. It left me speechless.”
- Chester Mayor Wendell Butler, reacting to news of two shooting deaths at a party in the city at which eight others were wounded.
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