The Daily Numbers: 2 people shot on basketball court in Darby Township.
10 shots fired in the incident, while 25 people milled around the site.
2 towns that now have implemented strict curfews in the wake of violence incidents.
500 dollar fine for violating the curfew in Darby Township.
5 incidents involving gunfire that led Darby Borough to put in their own curfew on Friday night. Anyone caught on the street from 8 p.m.-6 a.m.
is subject to stop-and-frisk procedure.
40 young people who stormed into the Sears store in Upper Darby in a ‘flash mob’ incident.
22 people wounded in violent weekend in Philadelphia.
1 killed, 4 injured when gunfire erupted at a street party in Fairmount Park.
1 killed, 5 injured when a man who was asked to leave a bar in northwest Philly returned and opened fire.
5 year tour of duty completed by Janine Curran of Ridley Township, who was welcomed home this weekend.
91,000 grant awarded to Lansdowne for sewer work.
40 cent dip in gas prices in the region since early May.
3.71, what we’re paying on average at the pump in Philly.
3.76, what we were paying a week ago; $2.78 at this time last year.
4 days until the deadline for Pennsylvania to have a new budget in place.
5 dollar bridge tolls to cross into New Jersey, including on the Commodore Barry, starting Friday. That’s up a buck.
23 people hurt when school bus overturns on I-81 near Chambersburg.
10 wins for Roy Halladay, who went distance yesterday to beat the A’s.
4 hits for Jimmy Rollins, who went 4 for 4.
8 straight starts by Halladay that the Phils have won.
166 consecutive sellouts for the Phils afer 45,863 packed Citizens Bank Park yesterday.
3 huge games vs. the Red Sox starting Tuesday night.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Dom Brown got something of a message from Charlie Manuel after failing to run out a ground ball Saturday. He was summoned to the manager’s office after the game, and was not in the lineup Sunday.
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I Don’t Get It: Vandals have struck again at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Philadelphia, destroying a sign for the site. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: To officials in both Darby Borough and Darby Township, who wasted no time in putting tough new curfews in place as they battle a spike in gun incidents in their towns.
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Quote Box: “If I could, I would charge the parents.”
- Upper Darby police Superintendent Mike Chitwood, in the wake of a flash mob incident in which 40 kids invaded the Sears store and stole merchandise.
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