The Daily Numbers - June 1

The Daily Numbers: 93 degrees for high temperature yesterday, forcing at least 1 Delco school to close. We’re expected to be in the low 90s again today.


3 straight days in the 90s gives us our first official heat wave of the season. The heat is expected to be broken up with thunderstorms tonight.


72 hours of incarceration and $1,000 fine, what could be in store for a former Wallingford-Swarthmore school bus driver who pleaded guilty to DUI while driving a bus.


13 counts of child porn filed against an EMT from Ridley Township.


3 percent tax on natural gas extraction being proposed by Delco state Rep. Nick Miccarelli, R-162.


9 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew for those 17 under that goes into effect in the city of Chester starting tonight.


6 horses killed when fired roared through barn in West Marlborough, Chester County.


7 stories, how far car plunged from parking garage at Sands Casino in Bethlehem. Police are calling it a suicide.


808 car crashes reported to state police over the Memorial Day holiday.


In them 13 people were killed and another 294 injured.


1 woman killed in jet ski accident in Rehoboth Beach when her craft collided with one being operated by her son.


9 waitresses at Resorts Casino Hotel in Atlantic City who are filing suit claiming they were fired because their employer didn’t think they looked sexy enough in their skimpy new attire.


6 runs on 7 hits surrendered by Cliff Lee to the Nationals last night.


2 home runs for Nats’ rookie Danny Espinosa off the Phils ace.


0-5 record and 9.49 ERA for Nationals starter Jason Marquis in his last


5 starts vs. Phils before last night.


0-9 for Jimmy Rollins in the leadoff spot in this series.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.That’s two straight days the Phils have seen one of their vaunted starting pitchers falter. Roy Oswalt goes to the hill this afternoon.


 


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I Don’t Get It: Still no answer with less than a month to go to the deadline when the Delco SPCA vows it will get out of the animal control business.


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Today’s Upper: Kudos to all those responsible for developing the Memorial Garden that was unveiled yesterday at Dover Air Force Base.


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Quote Box: “I think every option is on the table now.”


- Tom Hickey, member of the state Dog Law Advisory Board, on possible solutions to looming animal control problem in the county.

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