The Daily Numbers: 42, age of Morton businessman Sean Burton, who will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of his ex-wife’s lover.
70 stab wounds suffered in the fatal attack by James Stropas.
1,883, the bed cap at Delaware County Prison. County Council yesterday OK’d a move to reduce the prison population.
3.76 to $3.99, range of prices for gas across Delaware County.
400,000 people in the area who say they will travel at least 50 miles over the weekend.
90 million dollar budget approved last by the Haverford School District.
4,184 dollars, average tax to be paid by homeowners in the district.
13 weeks of extended unemployment for 135,000 jobless Pennsylvanians OK’d by the Pa. Senate.
200 Red Cross workers in the region who are on strike.
58 percent of those in recent poll who would like to see stricter controls on teen driving, including limits on passengers with teen drivers.
2,443 dollars per student, the cut in state funding for Chester Upland School District, according to state Rep. Thaddeus Kirkland.
27.3 billion dollar budget approved by Pa. House last night. It now goes to the Senate.
13 people now dead in still another round of storms in the Midwest.
75 million dollars, how much more funding the School District of Philadelphia wants from the city to balance its budget.
3 runs surrendered in the 9th inning by Ryan Madson as the Phils fell to the Reds.
1 hit for Chase Utley in his 2nd game since returning to the Phils lineup.
45,740 fans packed into Citizens Bank Park last night.
163 consecutive sellouts for the Phils in South Philly.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Note to Juan Samuel. You can actually hold up runners at third base instead of simply waving every guy through. Jimmy Rollins didn’t have a prayer of scoring last night from second on hit by Chase Utley after he got a very late break on the bloop single.
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I Don’t Get It: The manager of a fast-food joint in Bucks County is now charged with groping a slew of teen female employees. Nice.
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Today’s Upper: To the Pa. House for restoring some of the funds cut from education by Gov. Tom Corbett. Now the budget plan goes to the Senate.
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Quote Box: “He didn’t just stab him, he didn’t just kill him, he mutilated him, right here in his own vehicle.”
- Assistant District Attorney, at sentencing for Sean Burton in murder of James Stropas.
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