The Daily Numbers: 20.8 percent of vote in GOP primary for U.S. Senate for Steve Welch, the party’s endorsed candidate. That got him 3rd place.
39.5 percent for the winner, Tom Smith, who ran against the party bosses and Gov. Tom Corbett.
52-47 win for Kathleen Kane over Patrick Murphy for the Dem nod in the state attorney general race.
5 wins for Mitt Romney last night, including Pa.
19 percent turnout for Republicans in Delco; just 10 percent for Democrats.
32 percent who turned out in the last general election last November.
20 gunshots fired near a polling place yesterday morning in the Sun Village section of Chester.
709-337 win for state Rep. Nick Miccarelli in a contest on the Dem ballot against write-in candidate Ken Harper.
7,687-1,784 margin for Sen. Dominic Pileggi in the Delco portion of voting in GOP primary for 9th District state Senate seat.
2,756-2,450 margin for Pileggi on the home turf of challenger Roger Howard in Chester County.
196 employees who took early retirement offer from Crozer-Keystone Health System.
30 employees who got pink slips despite the buyouts. Initially the company was targeting 325 positions.
1 million dollar grant for the Widener Partnership Charter School in Chester.
600 workers at Sunoco’s South Philly refinery who got a bit of good news with word that the Carlyle Group is considering a deal to get in on operation of the facility.
1.20 surcharge to be slapped on cab fares to combat high cost of gasoline.
3 straight losses on the West Coast trip for Phils, who fell 9-5 in Phoenix.
13.8 percent uptick in home sales in the region in 1st quarter.
4.6 percent decline in the price of those homes.
8-5 win for the Phils as the bats come alive in the desert.
3 home runs in last 2 nights for Phils. They had hit 7 up to that point.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Do you think the break for the Flyers works in their favor in resting their legs, or against them in making them sit while they were red hot?
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I Don’t Get It: A guy drops a wad of cash from his pocket. A woman notices, picks it up and ….. leaves the store. She’s now under arrest.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the few people who managed to make their way to the polls yesterday. You did your part in our democracy. Those who did not forfeit their right to complain.
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Quote Box: “I don’t follow politics much so I really don’t know who I’m voting for.”
- Robert Taylor of Chester, while casting his ballot yesterday.
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