The Daily Numbers: 14, age of Anthony Oswald, the Ridley teen who remains hospitalized after being struck by a hit-run driver weeks ago.
Anthony continues to recover.
3.12 inches of rain that fell on the region Friday and into Saturday, a record.
3 Delco creeks that were sent gushing over their banks by the deluge.
75 Widener students who stepped up to beautify the Sun Hill section of Chester with a community project on Sunday.
1 hour, how long the southbound Blue Route was tied up Sunday afternoon by an overturned vehicle.
400,000 grant that will be utilized by the county to provide a special follow-up health care program for senior citizens once they are released from the hospital.
1 in every 531 homes that are in foreclosure in Pa., that’s down 35 percent from the previous quarter.
3.84 a gallon, the average price of gas in the Philly region, up a dime just in the last week.
3.82 a gallon, national price of gas on Friday. That’s up 8 cents from a week ago, 27 cents in the last month and 96 cents higher than a year ago.
74 cent jump in gas prices since the beginning of the year.
29 cents below the all-time high of $4.11 a gallon from July 2008.
111 years old, that would be for the Philadelphia Orchestra, which plans to file for bankruptcy protection.
45 people across 6 states killed by storms and tornadoes over the weekend.
240 tornadoes reported in the massive, destructive storm system.
7 p.m., when the Flyers, Phillies and Sixers games all start tonight.
45,716 packed into Citizens Bank Park yesterday for the Phils-Marlins game and celebration of the Phanatic’s birthday. That’s the second biggest crowd in stadium history.
131 consecutive sellouts at the stadium.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Flyer Scott Hartnell, for taking the time to visit injured Ridley teen Anthony Oswald in his hospital room on Friday.
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Quote Box: “Physically, he’s doing awesome, but mentally he’s still a little lost. But the doctors tell us that this is to be expected with a brain injury.”
- William Oswald, on the progress of his son Anthony, who was injured by a hit-run driver.
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