The Daily Numbers: 3 Upper Darby teens being credited with saving the life of a woman who set herself on fire. Kudos to them.
5 suspects charged in series of pickpocket incidents in Springfield.
27 marijuana plants nabbed in raid on home by police in Marcus Hook.
1,500 members of the Class of 2011 who picked up diplomas at Delaware County Community College commencement last night.
8,000 dollars that went up in smoke while in custody of Upper Darby police. An investigation is now under way.
49, age of Chester man who pleaded guilty in the brutal stabbing and axphyxiation death of woman he was living with last year.
105,000 dollars in scholarships handed out by the Taylor Foundation.
68 percent of school districts in Pa. that indicate they are planning to cut staff.
86 percent that are considering increasing class size.
3 robberies in 3 weeks at the same 7_Eleven store in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia.
3 school buses torched in a vandalism incident in Bordentown, N.J.
4 percent hike in SEPTA operating budget; but 0 fare hike.
20,000 jobs added to Pa. payrolls in April, leaving jobless rate at 7.5 percent.
1,000 jobs that could be lost in newspaper industry under proposal to change legal advertising laws.
40 years old, that would be Jason Giambi, who hit 3 home runs last night as the Rockies crushed the Phils.
7 runs accounted for by Giambi in the 7-1 win.
6 hits and that 1 run, all the Phils managed to muster.
2 more Phils likely headed to DL today, Joe Blanton and Shane Victorino.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Charlie Manuel might regret that move to use Shane Victorino as a pinch-hitter so he could lay down a bunt Wednesday night. Victorino appears headed for the disabled list today, and that at-bat means his stint on DL will not be able to be back-dated.
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I Don’t Get It: All this nonsense about the end of the world on Saturday. Spare me. But if there’s no Sunday paper, you’ll know why.
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Today’s Upper: They are saying the sun might actually return and it could stop raining this weekend. Honest.
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Quote Box: “I think their actions and everything they did was heroic.”
- Mike Chitwood, Upper Darby top cop, on actions of three young men to save a woman who had set herself on fire.
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