The Daily Numbers: 13 shell casings found at scene of ambush shooting in Ridley that claimed the life of 1 neighbor and left his stepdaughter in critical condition.
72, age of neighbor now charged with 1st-degree murder in the case.
2- day search that has yet to turn up any sign of missing Vietnam veteran in the area of Darby Creek in Folcroft.
26, age of woman now charged in armed robbery of Brookhaven in which another woman was originally charged.
2 women stabbed during an altercation that took place in a patient’s room at Crozer Chester Medical Center.
100 students who have been removed from classes in the Upper Darby School District as officials continue to push a strict residency crackdown.
300 employees at the county’s newest Wal-Mart, which opened this morning in Marple.
10 women busted on prostitution charges in a raid on a Mummer’s club in South Philly.
21, age of Chesco man charged in fatal crash in Newark, Del.
380 students at St. Martin de Porres School in North Philly, where a group of benefactors is taking over the struggling facility.
50-49 vote by which the Senate rejected President Obama’s jobs bill last night.
6 days of Occupation Philly at City Hall.
80,000 dollars a day, what it is costing the city in police manpower to keep tabs on the protest.
33, how old Jimmy Rollins will be next year.
5 years, how long a contract Rollins wants from the Phillies.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.What team has Phillies G.M. Ruben Amaro Jr. been watching the last couple of years. Yesterday, he met the media and said he wants his club to change their approach at the plate, taking more pitches, working the counts, hitting for average. How many people think that’s going to happen?
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I Don’t Get It: OK, I know we’ve had a nice streak of weather. So why does it seem like it just got stopped raining and now it’s starting again.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the group of benefactors who are taking up the cause and running St. Martin de Porres School in North Philly. It could be a model to save other archdiocesan schools that are facing declining enrollment, including those here in Delco.
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Quote Box: “No words were exchanged, there was no argument. Just gunfire. Repeated gunfire.”
- Ridley Township Police Lt. Scott Willoughby on pre-dawn shooting in the township that claimed one life.
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