The Daily Numbers: 29, age of Garrett Reid, oldest son of Eagles head coach Andy Reid. Garrett Reid was found dead in his dorm room at Lehigh University, where the team holds training camp.
60,000 Pennsylvanians who are being sliced from the General Assistance rolls.
200 dollars a month, how much most of them received. Many are dealing with additions or other disabilities.
15 to 30 months in jail for a Folcroft man in a DUI crash that left a police officer injured.
0 salary hikes for Haverford School District teachers. A proposal for a pay freeze is chilling contract talks.
3 percent salary hike for central staff, who had a pay freeze in in place last year.
500,000 dollar grant awarded to Villanova by Coca-Cola.
3 men injured in separate shooting incidents in Philly over the weekend.
6 people shot dead when a gunman invaded a Sikh temple in Wisconsin.
3 to 6 years in prison for Monsignor William Lynn on his conviction for endangering the welfare of a child. His lawyers will be in court today seeking to have him freed pending his appeals.
1 race fan killed, 9 injured when lightning struck after NASCAR race at Long Pond, Pa., Sunday.
4 people injured in a car crash in Fairmount Park. The mother who was driving now faces DUI charges.
8 cent increase in the price of gasoline across the nation last week, according to AAA.
3.59 a gallon, average price here in the Philly region. It was $3.53 a gallon last week.
5-4 win for the Phils over the D-Backs yesterday.
1 run to tie in the 8th and 1 to win it in the 9th on an RBI single by Ryan Howard.
.391 batting average for Phillies catcher Erik Kratz in 7 starts this season.
4 runs on 8 hits over 8 innings for hard-luck starter Cliff Lee. He did not get the win. That went to Jonathon Papelbon, who pitched the 9th.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Even for Eagles fans, football doesn’t seem all that important this morning.
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I Don’t Get It: Cutting off people from general assistance who are getting all of $200 in benefits. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Bravo to those this weekend on both Saturday and Sunday who decided to shine a light on the continuing issue of violence in Chester.
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Quote Box: “Our hearts go out to Andy, his wife and their children.”
- Eagles owner Jeff Lurie after learning of the death of Reid’s oldest son Garrett.
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