The Daily Numbers: 7 foot boa constrictor on the loose in Swarthmore. It's the pet of a local veterinarian, who was let out to get some sun on Sunday and slithered off.
18 years, how long its owner has had 23-year-old Snakey. The snake is not considered especially dangerous.
2 more locations, a landfill and a local park, searched out in York in the hunt for the body of 7-month-old Hamza Ali.
137,000 dollars, how much a Marple woman is believed to have stolen from an 86-year-old family friend. Now she faces new charges in connection to a bad check she allegedly wrote to pay for her mother's burial.
9, age of girl who was target in an alleged abduction try Monday night in Clifton Heights.
40,000 dollars a year, how much Delco stands to save with changes in a billing agreement connected to the 911 Center.
12 people who showed up for a public program on the dangers of opiates, which are reaching epidemic levels here in the county.
700,000 people in the U.S. need heroin addition treatment, according to the program.
41, age of Philly Officer Edward Davies, who may lose a kidney after being shot in an altercation with a suspect during a traffic stop.
2 and a half years in jail for Jesse Jackson Jr. for illegally spending $750,000 in campaign funds.
1 year in the slammer for his wife on similar charges.
2 pilots killed when a UPS jet crashed on approach to airport in Birmingham, Ala.
525 people now reported dead as violence continues to escalate in Egypt. Look for the number to go even higher.
113 point dip on Wall Street yesterday.
52, age of new Sixers coach Brett Brown.
39-8, Dodgers record sine June 21. They're in town for the weekend.
.261 batting average for Delmon Young, who was released by the Phils yesterday.
6-3 loss for the Phils to the Braves.
1-5 mark for the Phils on their road trip.
1 and one-third innings for John Lannan, who left the game early with knee problems again.
2nd preseason game tonight for the Eagles, vs. the Carolina Panthers at the Linc.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Delmon Young is gone. Michael Martinez is still here. You figure it out.
I Don’t Get It: There's no need to panic over reports of that 7-foot boa constrictor who slithered away from its owner's home in Swarthmore. It's not considered dangerous.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Brian Corson. He's the Chester man who put on a program warning of the dangers of opiates last night in conjunction with the Delaware County Sheriff's Department. Corson had his problems and is now leading the fight on the new scourge that is taking a big toll on the county and region.
Quote Box: “This is not a poor thing, a city thing, a race thing or a socioeconomic thing. This is everybody's problem and we have to face it."
- Brian Corson, in his program, 'The Opiate Epidemic, Why So Serious,' delivered last night.
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