The Daily Numbers: 70 years ago today Allied troops hit the beaches in Normandy - and saved the world.
150,000 U.S., British, Canadian and Allied troops who hit the beaches that day.
9,387 marble tombstones in the Normandy American Cemetery on a bluff overlooking Omaha Beach.
55 years of worship at Notre Dame de Lourdes church in Ridley that parishioners are trying to save as they appeal ruling that they be merged into Our Lady of Peace Church in Milmont Park and their parish be closed.
1,000 signatures gathered on petitions that will be delivered to archdiocese.
57,188 surplus on the books at Notre Dame de Lourdes.
400,000 debt believed to be the state of Our Lady of Peace.
37 eighth-graders at Widener Partnership Charter School who collected scholarships last night.
100,000 dollars - $25,000 a year - for their college education at Widener.
500,000 dollars cash bail for a Springfield man who is charged with firing a gun at a township police officer.
7,000 students in the Upper Darby School District who use buses to get to school. The district is considering outsourcing bus service.
90 million to $158 million price tag for the renovation project at Springfield High School.
4 options for the school being considered.
2 suspects quickly collared after a bank heist at the Manoa Shopping Center in Haverford yesterday.
1,600 bridges in Delaware that will be inspected in the wake of tilting condition that caused the closure of span over Christina River on I-495.
91 of those are on interstate highways.
90 percent of the cost of the bridge work will be picked up by the feds.
15 execs fired by GM in the wake of their latest embarrassing recall problems.
98 point spike for the stock market yesterday.
6 straight losses for the Phils, who fell to the Nats yesterday, 4-2.
10 games under .500 for the Phils, at 24-34.
9-20 mark since May 5, that’s worst in NL.
7 games off the pace in NL East.
7th pick in the MLB Draft, in which the Phils took LSU pitcher Aaron Nola.
11-1 mark last year in the SEC for Nola, with a 1.47 ERA, 134 Ks and just 27 walks in 116 innings.
3 Delco high schools that will be seeking PIAA lacrosse crowns Saturday. Springfield and Garnet Valley girls face each other, while Springfield boys will go against Avon Grove.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Naturally a guy named Aaron Nola would go to LSU. Who dat?
I Don’t Get It: Firing a gun at a police officer is never a good idea, as a man learned in Springfield this week.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to The Greatest Generation, including those few, dwindling survivors of D-Day, 70 years ago today. All they did was save the world.
Quote Box: “It doesn’t pass the smell test as to why the parish is closing.”
- Thomas Donahue, parish leader who is heading the effort to save Notre Dame de Lourdes.
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