The Daily Numbers: 15 minutes, how long it took firefighters to quell a fire at the Home Depot on Baltimore Pike in Upper Darby Sunday afternoon.
98 degrees, high temperature on Sunday. A regular cold front.
2 straight days, Friday and Saturday, with temps breaking into triple digits.
8,943 megawatts of power being used at 6 p.m. Friday, according to Peco.
That’s a new high mark.
6-1 vote by Media council to OK the transfer of a liquor license to a borough restaurant.
93 people killed by gunman who attacked a camp for kids in Norway, and also set off several bombs in Oslo.
5 people killed by gunman at a Texas roller rink.
20 injured in 2 separate shooting incidents in Seattle.
1 dead, 1 hospitalized in shooting in West Philly.
2 people killed in shooting incident in Reading.
3.2 billion dollars in sale for the Pa. Lottery last year. That sets a new record, up $142 million from the previous year and $118 million more than the previous record.
6 million Ponzi scheme to which a Bala Cynwyd man copped a plea in fed court.
325 pound high school football player who died Friday during a football camp. Officials say it was not related to the heat.
67, age of man in Philly whose death is being blamed at least in part on the heat wave. 2 deaths in central Pa. being blamed on heat.
3.79 a gallon, average price at pump in Philly region. That’s up 3 cents from week before.
2.74 a gallon, what we were paying last year.
12 wins for Phillies ace Roy Halladay.
8 innings for Halladay yesterday. He gave up 3 runs and struck out 8.
116 pitches for Halladay in 98-degree temperatures.
64-36 record for Phils, 28 games over .500
5 straight wins for the Phils; 10 straight times they’ve beaten the Padres.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.So much for the whispers about Roy Halladay after he was forced out of game early last week because of the heat.
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I Don’t Get It: What exactly are the NFL players waiting for to vote on their proposed deal? Maybe for a few more exhibition games to be canceled?
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Sen. Anthony Williams for his gun buy-back program Saturday in Darby Borough. It got 57 guns off the streets.
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Quote Box: “I don’t pay a lot of attention to where I’m at in pitches. I go until they tell me I’m done.”
- Roy Halladay, after throwing 116 piches in win over Padres.
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