The Daily Numbers: 1.3 million dollar believed stolen from Aldan Borough and the William Penn School District by the former tax collector.
77, age of Robert Park, who now faces charges in the case. He served as tax collector for 22 years.
18, age of Villanova University sophomore who was found dead in her dorm room.
30, age of Latin teacher at Interboro High School who faces charges in fatal DUI crash on the Main Line.
2, age of her son, who was in the car with her at the time.
14, age of girl that police say a former employee at a comics store is now charged with having a sexual relationship with. He's 25.
4, age of child allegedly left home alone by her father in Upper Darby. He now faces charges.
76 toll takers whose jobs will be eliminated in a plan to make the entire Pennsylvania Turnpike EZ-Pass mandatory. In other words, no tolls.
16 point gain for the Dow Jones Average yesterday.
15 dollars an hour, that's the demand of fast-food workers who protested yesterday. Most of them currently make $7.25 an hour.
1.8 cent uptick in price of gas as the Labor Day holiday approaches. Why am I not surprised. The national average is $3.58 a gallon.
0 for his first 6 passes for Eagles starter Nick Foles. He wound up 6 for 17.
13 of 27 and 1 interception for Matt Barkley.
23 players who must be cut by Saturday to get down to the NFL mandated 53-man roster.
9 strikeouts for Phillies rookie Ethan Martin. But he only lasted 4 innings as the Phils got blown out by the Mets, 11-3.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
I was driving home last night between 6 and 7, listening to the Eagles pre-game show on WIP. With its incessant ad pitches, it is almost unlistenable. I actually felt bad for Merrill Reese.
I Don’t Get It: So much for the $1 million mystery in Aldan. Their former tax collector is basically admitting he was using borough and school district funds to play the market, trying to regain his stock losses. Yesterday he was charged with theft.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to all those trying to help out the Penn Wood football team as they deal with the theft of some of their equipment.
Quote Box: “This is the only thing he's ever done in his life that is even remotely wrong."
- Attorney Art Donato, talking about his client Robert Park, who is charged with stealing from Aldan Borough and William Penn School District.
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