The Daily Numbers: 9,00 lightning strikes recorded during last night’s powerful storm.
29,800 people and businesses without power during storm last night.
5,025 in Delaware County
10,086 in Philadelphia, which took the brunt of the storm.
14, age of teen believed to have been struck by lightning in Glenolden.
2.9 million dollars, how much former Collingdale Councilman James Bryan admitted he stole from his former employer.
53, age of ex-strip club manager who pleaded guilty in the beating death of a Delco man.
350,000 how much a Montgomery County man must pay back in a scheme in which he would tamper with Peco meters.
150 homes affected by a noxious odor in Skippack. The problem is being tied to a gasoline leak that got into sump pumps.
4 percent increase in revenue in June for Atlantic City casinos, even as their numbers dwindle.
9.5 million in Internet gambling that is helping those numbers.
1,153 workers at Trump Plaza who received layoff notices Monday, that’s up from the expected number of 1,000.
7 billion being paid by Citigroup to settle claims from the subprime mortgage mess.
111 point spike for the stock market yesterday.
30 years, how long we’ve been holding the Champs ‘N’ Charity softball tournament. We’re taking a one-year sabbatical this year.
700,000 dollars, how much we’ve raised for charity by playing softball over the past 3 decades.
14 years, how long Chase Utley has been at second base for the Phillies. Winds of change might just blow Utley out of town in a trade.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Chase Utley likes the idea that he is wanted here in Philly. That won’t change should he be traded. But it still might need to happen.
I Don’t Get It: No one ever talks about the down side to legalized gambling. They should talk to James Bryan. The former Collingdale councilman yesterday pleaded guilty to stealing almost $3 million from the company he worked for to feed his gambling habit.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Gov. Corbett. He’s right about the pension mess, and for holding the Legislature’s feet to the fire on the most important issue in the Commonwealth.
Quote Box: “Our goal is to come back bigger and stronger next year.”
- Boog Laird, longtime Champs ‘N’ Charity softball tournament director.
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