The Daily Numbers: 21, age of sleepy burglar who was arrested after he was found snoozing inside a resident in Morton. You snooze, you lose. Yep, sounds about right.
28, age of woman who apparently took her own life in a Ridley Township police holding cell.
8.7 percent unemployment rate in Delco during July.
84 percent of the people who will be traveling this weekend will do so by car, according to the folks at AAA.
3.80, average price they will be paying for gas in the Philly region.
34, age of woman who was found with her 4-year-old daughter in car in parking lot of vacant Pathmark store in Broomall.
500 counts of child porn filed against a man from Parkside.
82, age of longtime Pa. U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter. He confirmed yesterday he is once again battling cancer.
10:35, what time Madonna finally took the stage at the Wells Fargo Center last night. What is she, on L.A. time?
3:15 a.m., when a Chalfont, Bucks County, police officer says he was shot during a routine car stop. Police now say it’s a hoax, the made the whole thing up and had staged the shooting earlier.
178 people sickened by salmonella believed link to cantaloupes from a farm in Indiana.
2 of the cases have been in Pennsylvania.
1 man shot and killed in parking lot of restaurant in North Philly.
9-5 come-from-ahead loss for the Phils to the Mets last night.
4-1 lead for the Phils after a grand slam by Ryan Howard in the bottom of the 1st inning.
4 runs on 4 hits surrendered by B.J. Rosenberg in the 10th inning.
4 game winning streak snapped for the Phillies, who missed a chance to gain ground on the Cardinals, who also lost.
171 minutes, how long the Union have gone without scoring. They plan again at PPL Park tonight.
*: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.The Phils just can’t afford to lose games like last night. Same problem that has haunted them all year, bad bullpen.
Call me a Phanatic
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I Don’t Get It: Madonna did not take the stage for her show at the Wells Fargo Center last night until after 10:30? What’s up with that. Was she taking in the Phillies game?
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Arlen Specter. If ever there was a fighter, it’s the longtime Pa. U.S. Senator. Specter announced yesterday he is again battling cancer, and vows to beat it. We wish him well.
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Quote Box: “Prices could shoot up another 10 cents quickly.”
- Tom Kloza, oil analyst, on gas price spike expected because of refineries shut down on the Gulf coast in the wake of Hurricane Isaac.
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