The Daily Numbers - April 15

The Daily Numbers: 9 p.m. curfew for teens in the city of Chester, starting June 1. They will have to be off the streets until 5 a.m.


38, age of mom who failed to show up for her preliminary hearing on DUI charges. She had her 2 kids in the car with her at the time.


177 million dollar cleanup from a 2004 oil spill in the Delaware River that Citgo will not be on the hook for, according to a court ruling.


52, age of man killed in one-car crash on Township Line Road in Upper Darby yesterday.


79, age of grandmother beaten to death by a 26 year-old man in Chester.


He says heard “voices.”


25 years, how long it’s been since the last township-wide parade in Middletown. They’re planning one this year for the annual Community Day.


7.8 percent unemployment rate in March in Pa., that’s the lowest it’s been in 2 years.


173 acre site of the former Franklin Mint in Middletown that was subject of another hearing tonight by developers looking to create a “walkable community.”


41,000 low-income Pennsylvanians who lost their health-care coverage when AdultBasic was phased out. A court backed that decision by Gov. Tom Corbett.


35 shots poured on Sabres goaltender Ryan Miller by the Flyers last night. None of them got past him.


24 saves for rookie goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky in the loss.


12 strikeouts for Cliff Lee as he went the distance in shutting out the Nats last night.


15 straight Phils set down by Nats starter Jordan Zimmerman before Carlos Ruiz homered in the fifth.


3 hits surrendered by Lee in the gem.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Don’t panic, Flyers fans. Remember this team played its best on its way to the Stanley Cup finals last year when they had their backs to the wall. Now if they lose on Saturday …..


 


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I Don’t Get It: A woman in Wilmington is being sought for shoplifting – actually she was instructing the young child with her to pilfer the items. The whole thing was captured on surveillance video. I don’t get it.


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Today’s Upper: Kudos to state Rep. Joe Hackett, R-161. He continue to push for needed improvements at MacDade Boulevard and Morton Avenue where a group of students was struck by a hit-run driver.


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Quote Box: “If the gentleman from Butler County stoood yelling, knowing that hs’a gun-toter, and I felt threatened, would I be protected under current law if I blew his brains out?”


- State Rep. Margo Davidson, D-164, on debate in Harrisburg on so-called Castle Doctrine.

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