The Daily Numbers: 47 jobs that could be cut under the proposed Upper Darby School District budget.
13.4 million dollar deficit, what school directors are facing.
1,260 teachers that could be cut by the school district of Philadelphia.
That’s 12 percent of their teachers.
629 million dollar budget gap in the city.
3,000 dollars in casino cheques believed ripped off by a couple at Harrah’s Chester Casino. They were busted when they tried to redeem them.
3 people charged in a heist at a Glenolden bank.
7,000 dollars believed ripped off from the Chichester Middle School Home and School Association by a Linwood woman.
700 PHEAA grant students at Widener University in Chester who fear their funds will be cut.
100 days in office for new Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett.
586 million dollar profit reported by Boeing, beating expectations.
43 percent hike in earnings for ConocoPhillips in the 1st quarter.
3 police officers among 15 indicted in Philadelphia in a steroid and human growth hormone drug ring.
26 city officers who have been criminally charged since 2009.
8 hour standoff with an armed elderly man at a retirement home in Upper Moreland.
6 police officers injured during a melee with a suspect in a convenience store in Allentown.
23 million dollar fleeced from well-to-do members of Chester County’s horsey set by a Unionville man. He was in court yesterday and is now in jail awaiting sentencing.
26 points for Dwayne Wade as the Heat singed the Sixers 97-91, ending their season.
4 hits for Placido Polanco as the Phils spanked the Diamondbacks to salvage one game in Phoenix.
16 wins for the Phils in April, 1 short of the team record.
3 runs on 4 hits, including 2 homers, surrendered by Cole Hamels, who got the win and boosted his record to 3-1.
23, where the Eagles pick in the first round tonight.
383,000 households watched Game 7 of the Flyers-Sabres series, the highest mark ever reached for a Flyers game on Comcast.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.There are more storm clouds now circling over the Phillies, and not just the fact that starter Roy Oswalt went home to Mississippi to check on his storm-ravaged home town and family members. Catcher Carlos Ruiz left the game yesterday after one at-bat complaining about soreness in his back. And yet the Phils have managed to win 16 games in April. Go figure.
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I Don’t Get It: Another day, another Delco school district dealing with bad budget news. Upper Darby may cut as many as 47 jobs.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Penncrest’s Envirothon team, which captured the title again in the competition at Ridley Creek State Park.
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Quote Box: “I hope the students get a sense of accomplishment because they work so hard and put so much time and effort into this competition.”
- Mandy Meltz, adviser to the Penncrest champion Envirothon team.
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