The Daily Numbers: 12, age of boy swept away while playing in flooded creek in Radnor last night. He’s hospitalized in critical condition.
670,000 selling price for the former borough hall in Media. It was bought by a Philadelphia restaurateur.
310 retailers in Delaware County selling Pennsylvania Lottery tickets, part of 9,000 across the state that generated record sales last year.
38, age of Upper Darby woman found shot to death inside a car on a street in the East Germantown section of Philadelphia.
40, age of Chester man wounded by a gunman in an attack on a city street 85, age of elderly driver who lost control of his car and then slammed into a Burger King in Philly, injuring 7 people.
3,600 post offices that may be closed by the postal service in the latest round of cost cuts. That’s 1 in 10 local post offices.
7 deaths in region now being attributed at least in part to the heat wave.
17 to 40 years in jail for a Philly teenager in the slaying of an elderly man in South Philly.
10 year deal approved by both NFL owners and players, ending lockout that started back in March.
9 billion in annual revenue for the NFL.
53 percent of the revenue for the owners, 47 percent for the players, under the new deal. The old deal was closer to a 50-50-split.
4 innings, all Cliff Lee lasted vs. the lowly Padres.
5 runs on 10 hits surrendered by the Phils’ lefty.
3 games on tap vs. the Giants, the team that knocked them off in last year’s National League Championship Series, on tap.
8-8 record for Tim Lincecum, who goes to the hill for San Fran tonight.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Trades in the NFL can be announced at 10 a.m. Do you think Kevin Kolb will still be an Eagle by lunchtime.
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I Don’t Get It: So much for the thought of life without the NFL. Did anyone really think either side was going to walk away from this kind of money. Maybe they should let the owners and players settle the debt crisis in Washington, D.C.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the return of football. The bookies no doubt are rejoicing.
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Quote Box: “It’s one of the vices. You’ve gotta have a vice. Some people go to the casino. I don’t go to the casino.”
- Jimmy Redding, on his habit of buying lottery tickets. Pa. Lottery sales set a record last year.
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