The Daily Numbers: 1 winning ticket – worth $337 million dollars in last night’s Powerball jackpot. Unfortunately, it was sold in Michigan.
1 ticket worth $1 million sold in Pennsylvania in last night’s drawing. Remember when $1 million used to sound like a lot of money?
6 months in prison for former union boss at Boeing in connection with a federal drug probe and raid at the Ridley site.
50 years of the Chinook helicopter to be celebrated by 1,000 employees at the Ridley plant today.
1 employee of Chester Water Authority killed in a freak accident when his truck was struck by another vehicle. The truck was pushed forward, striking him as he checked waterlines in a hole.
5 and a half to 20 years in jail for a Clifton Heights man in the strangling death of another man.
175 people show showed up for last night’s Upper Darby School Board meeting to review the school’s new realignment plan.
2 different towns, Upper Darby and Marple, that are now investigating similar thefts of purses during church services.
300 dollars taken from a purse of worshipper at St. Pius Church in Marple.
1 person killed in collision between box truck and tractor trailer on I-95 South in Delaware overnight.
44-38 percent lead for President Obama over Mitt Romney, according to latest Franklin & Marshall College poll. That’s down from the previous poll.
46 percent of voters who have favorable view of Obama, to 32 percent for Romney.
35-23 percent lead for Sen. Bob Casey over Republican challenger Tom Moore in their U.S. Senate race, with 39 percent undecided.
48-42 percent margin in Pa. for those who would like to see the new federal health care law overturned.
9-2 loss for Roy Halladay and the Phils at hands of Marlins yesterday.
300 fans who showed up at the National Constitution Center for the party as the Sixers introduced their new center, Andrew Bynum, and shooting guard Jason Richardson.
7 for 12 lifetime, that would be Greg Dobbs numbers vs. Roy Halladay. He homered off him yesterday.
50 game suspension for the All-Star Game MVP, Melky Cabrera.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Jimmy Rollins is taking some heat for not running out a ground ball that he might have been able to beat out after the Marlins shortstop backed up on it. Why is anyone surprised. Not the first time we’ve gone down this road with J-Roll.
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I Don’t Get It: Why would guys put their good-paying jobs on the line at Boeing by dealing drugs at the Ridley plant? I don’t get it.
*: Kudos to all those coming forward to support Chester Township resident Angela Prattis in her flap with the township over her food giveaway program.
Today’s Upper
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Quote Box: “It appears that the court was satisfied that the law will be applied in a nonpartisan fashion, whish is a good thing.”
- Delco GOP Chairman Andy Reilly, on court ruling upholding new Voter ID law in Pa.
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