The Daily Numbers: 10 days of freedom for Snakey, the 7-foot boa constrictor who had been on the loose in Swarthmore. He was found safe and sound yesterday.
1.3 million dollar lease agreement done by Chester Community Charter School that is drawing fire in an audit by the state auditor general.
2 police officers who work on the Temple police force who helped with the delivery of a woman's baby in a car on Broad Street.
2 billion miles every year driven on the Blue Route (I-476), according to the Federal Highway Administration. And it's not even No. 1 in the state.
4.3 billion miles for the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76).
1.8 billion miles for I-95.
2 cents a bag, the charge state Sen. Daylin Leach wants to slap on those plastic shopping bags.
700,000 decline in the sales of Penn State merchandise last year. Not surprisingly, officials are saying it's one more casualty of the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal.
1, as in No. 1, that would be the Philadelphia region, which is the top-ranked area for the thefts and loss of smartphones.
19,150 dollar deal handed out by Media Borough for devices to help with parking enforcement in the borough.
39 bronze vases believed stolen from Edgewood Memorial Park in Concord. A Chester County man now faces charges.
27, age of Upper Darby man who now faces charges of DUI after he allegedly slammed his car into a township police cruiser.
2 bullets that pierced the home of a family in the Sun Village section of Chester, just a day after 2 other shootings claimed 3 lives in the city.
12 overdose deaths from heroin in Marple in a little more than 6 years. Police are again warning of the dangers of heroin.
130 dead in latest attack by Syrian forces on their own people.
35 years in prison for Wikileaks leaker Bradley Manning. This morning he said he wants to live the rest of his life as a woman.
6 straight days of declines for the stock market. Don't look at your 401K.
3-2 deficit that the Phillies turned into a 4-3 walk-off win last night over the Rockies.
3rd rehab start on Sunday for Roy Halladay, this one out in Reading.
36,578 in Citizens Bank Park last night.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
It's been a miserable summer. But there is still somethign special about a walk-off win. Go Phils!
I Don’t Get It: Thanks for all the folks who responded with the usual racist drivel when I asked for questions for our panel on the positives in Chester for last night's Live From the Newsroom show. I don't get it.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Justin Busam, left, and Chris DeRose, two Delco guys and Temple University police officers who came to the aid of a woman who was having a baby in her car on Broad Street.
Quote Box: “It was just amazing. As police officers, we always see the bad. This was definitely the good."
- Officer Chris DeRose, a Marple guy who works on the Temple Police force, who along with partner Justin Busam of Upper Chi, helped deliver a woman's baby.
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