The Daily Numbers: 18, age of Dante DeSimone, the young Upper Darby man who was struck and killed on Baltimore Pike Sunday night.
2 cars that collided on the Pike, sending one of them careening onto the sidewalk, striking DeSimone and a friend. The friend is in critical but stable condition.
200 people who gathered at the scene Monday night for a memorial vigil to honor Dante’s memory.
10-20 months in prison for former Marcus Hook Mayor Jay Schiliro in a bizarre incident involving a man in his house last year.
1,300 dollar, fine, 50 hours of community service, and 5 years probation also imposed on the former mayor.
49 and 48, ages of Radnor husband and wife killed in a murder-suicide. Police believe the man fatally shot his wife, then turned the gun on himself. They have 3 young children.
2 pit bulls that attacked a woman and her dog Saturday on Englewood Road in Upper Darby.
11 years in state prison for an Upper Darby man convicted in the rape of an unconscious victim.
4 new council members who joined Yeadon Borough Council, along with a new mayor and new council president.
2 schools, a tech school and alternative school, that the Delaware County IU is hoping to move to expanded homes at the site of their tech school in Aston.
150,000 dollars worth of wine seized from the home of an attorney in Malvern who is being charged with illegal sales of alcohol.
22, age of victim killed when a fire escape collapsed on a Philly apartment building.
81,000 people in Pennsylvania who have enrolled in programs under the Affordable Care Act.
24 percent of those nationally who have signed up for Obamacare that fall into the 18-34 age group. The program needs more young people involved to keep costs down.
33 percent of those signed up are in the 55-64 age group.
7 miles away, where a plane that was headed for airport in Branson, Mo., actually landed, at a facility with a runway only half the length of what is recommended for that type of jet.
2 people shot, 1 fatally, in a spat at a Florida movie theater that involved an argument over cellphone use and texting.
30,000 dollars in earnings not reported by ‘Octomom’ Nadia Suleman, who now faces welfare fraud charges.
179 point dip for the stock market yesterday.
0 teams in action in Philly last night.
6, as in No. 6 in the nation, for the Villanova men’s basketball program.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Chase Utley was in town yesterday and was saying all the right things about this year’s Phils. Most of them were preceded by the word “if.”
I Don’t Get It: How can a young, vibrant man be hanging out with his friends one minute, and gone the next. I don’t get it. RIP Dante.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to those who gathered last night to honor their friend, Dante DeSimone.
Quote Box: “He was just taken by mistake, why God took him I don’t know. I need to know why.”
- Rita DeSimone, Dante’s mother, at vigil last night.
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