The Daily Numbers: 9 million dollar budget gap looking in the William Penn School District.
2 former roommates charged in the murder of a Chester teen whose body was found bound, gagged and wrapped in plastic, dumped on a city lot.
2 offers now being mulled for the former borough hall in Media Borough.
3.91, average price of gasoline in Philly region last week.
11 cent increase in just one week.
2.88, what we were paying last year.
3.86, average price in Pa.; $3.85 across the nation.
18, age of teen shot to death on the front porch of his home in West Philly.
17, age of Philly teen charged with shooting a man on steps leading out of a SEPTA subway station in North Philly.
25, age of soldier from Hamilton, N.J., killed in action in Iraq.
3 starting goalies in first 6 games of their opening round playoff series vs. the Sabres for the Flyers.
3 goals surrendered in first period by yesterday’s starter Michael Leighton. He was pulled for Brian Boucher.
0 times in their history that the Flyers had started 3 different goaltenders in a playoff series.
7, as in Game 7, what Flyers forced with their overtime win yesterday.
The two will meet in the deciding game Tuesday night at the Wells Fargo Center.
1 win for the Sixers, who staved off elimination by getting into the win column vs. the Heat. They now head back to Miami for Game 5 Wednesday night.
14 strikeouts for Phils ace Roy Halladay, as the Phils completed a sweep of the Padres.
3 closers, what Phils are now up to after Jose Contreras joined Brad Lidge on the disabled list.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.You have to admired Peter Laviolette’s guts. He’s not worried about the feelings of his players as he frantically changes his goaltenders. But you do have to wonder how this franchise can wind up in the same position every year when it comes to the guy between the pipes.
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I Don’t Get It: Two more young men under arrest for a brutal murder in Chester. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Yesterday was the first day that really felt like spring.
It felt good. Maybe now we can finally put winter behind us.
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Quote Box: “The government is making things really difficult for us.”
- William Penn School District Chief Operating Officer Joseph Otto, on state cuts that are contributing to the school’s $9 million budget gap.
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