The Daily Numbers: 600 employees at Sunoco’s Marcus Hook refinery. The company said it will either find a buyer for it or shut it down.
16,500 students who attend the 17 archdiocese high schools in the region, including 4 in Delco.
711 teachers who find themselves at impasse in contract talks with the archdiocese.
65 percent jump in average class size in Chester Upland schools, mostly due to budget cuts. Classes will go from about 21 to 35 or more.
40 percent of teachers who finished last year won’t be back, they’ve been laid off.
40 teachers called back after layoffs at Chester Upland.
4 foot piece of steel from World Trade Center that is now part of a 9/11 memorial in Lower Chichester.
1 Temple student who police say exchanged gunfire with a suspect who tried to rob him. The suspect was wounded.
2 people killed in shooting in Belmont section of Philadelphia.
60 new restaurants reported in planning stages in Philadelphia.
100 pitches for Cliff Lee as he led the Phils over the Braves last night at Citizens Bank Park.
6 shutouts for Lee this year. He now stands at 16-7.
6 strikeouts last night for Lee.
3 RBI for Hunter Pence.
31 home runs for Ryan Howard, who went yard again last night.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Forget Rocky Balboa. Absolute-Lee is now the province the best left-hander in baseball, Cliff Lee.
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I Don’t Get It: A cross with racial epithets was placed on the front yard of a black family in New Castel, Del. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the folks in Lower Chichester who acquired a piece of the rubble from the World Trade Center and have fashioned it into a 9/11 memorial.
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Quote Box: “I was really speechless that we were selected.”
- Lower Chi Commissioners President Rocco Gaspari Jr, on getting piece of steel from WTC.
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