The Daily Numbers: 7, age of youth who drowned at pool at Camelot Court apartment complex pool on Sunday.
620 state stores that would stay in place but get new competition under a new Senate proposal on liquor sales in Pa.
22,000 stores that can now sell alcohol by the glass that would be able to sell by the bottle.
10,000 dollars, cost of the proposed new license for increased sales.
94, age of Rosa Amsel, the oldest competitor in the Delco Senior Games. Rosa is a bowler. She picked up a gold medal.
35,000 square foot new rec center now open in Haverford as part of the Haverford Reserve development.
48.7 million dollars going to Chester Upland School District for special education expenses. That’s $21,375 for each student, according to a witness in their lawsuit vs. the state.
1 count of corruption of minors, what a former Chester Community Charter worker pleaded guilty to in court yesterday.
2 women charged with prostitution after a raid on their business in the Aronimink section of Upper Darby.
1.3 million dollars won by Delco native and disgraced former NBA ref Tim Donaghy in lawsuit vs. his publisher.
6 witnesses who took the stand yesterday and testified for the defense at the Jerry Sandusky trial. They were all character witnesses.
10 days without a verdict in the Philly priest abuse trial. Jurors will start Day 11 of deliberations this morning.
1 woman found dead in a motel in Dewey Beach yesterday.
18, age of missing student from Drexel University. His body was believed recovered from Schuylkill River.
7.4 percent increase in revenue from table games at Pa. casinos in May.
12 percent decline in table games play at Harrah’s.
6.1 million in revenue at Harrah’s in May, as opposed to $6.9 million same month last year.
757 billion dollar shortfall in state pension systems now being forecast.
3.49 a gallon, average price we’re now paying at the pump for gas in the Philly region.
5 months, how long it’s been since prices dipped below $3.50 a gallon.
1, as in No. 1 draft pick Fletcher Cox signed yesterday by the Eagles.
31-37 mark for the Phillies, 6 game under .500.
10 games at Citizens Bank Park starting tonight vs. the Colorado Rockies.
3 weeks from today, when the All-Star break arrives.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
The Phillies better start winning soon or else they will lose the region to the arrival of Eagles Fever and talk about training camp and the NFL season.
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I Don’t Get It: All this talk about adults showering with children. I played a ton of sports in school. Coaches never showered with the rest of the guys. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Rosa Amsel. She’s the 94-year-old Drexel Hill woman who medaled in bowling yesterday at the Delco Senior Games. You go, girl!
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Quote Box: “There was nobody in my age group so they gave me the gold medal.”
- Rosa Amsel, on her Senior Games achievement.
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