The Daily Numbers: 4.3 million dollars, how much Delaware County stands to lose in the wake of that court ruling in favor of casinos claiming unfair taxation under their host agreements.
25 percent of Chester’s annual revenue tied to taxes from Harrah’s casino.
380 bucks spit out from an ATM machine in Glenolden to a woman who was looking to withdraw $60. She returned the extra money.
1,800 pound Clydesdale horse that got stuck in the mud and had to be rescued yesterday on Thornbury.
14,000 dollar McDonald’s heist in Eddystone.
39, age of man taken into custody in the heist.
2 minutes, how long it took cops to track him down and make an arrest.
2003, when the Ride the Ducks business opened in Philly. They shut down operations yesterday.
330 percent in their insurance costs cited as the reason for closing.
2 Hungarian tourists killed when a barge struck a duck boat on the Delaware River in July 2010.
68, age of woman struck and killed by duck boat while crossing street in May 2015.
2 members of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission who have resigned their posts.
30 years in prison for a Bensalem doctor in connection with a pill mill operation he was charged with running in conjunction with an outlaw biker gang.
5 million dollars over 3 years, how much the drug ring is believed to have raked in.
85 percent of those eligible to vote in Pa. are registered.
8.5 million people who are registered to vote in Pa.
12 percent edge statewide for Democrats.
16 deaths now being blamed on Hurricane Matthew.
115 mph winds in the storm, which is now hammering the Bahamas.
2 million people along the southern East Coast of the U.S. urged to evacuate.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Nigel Bradham says he forgot he had a loaded gun in his backpack as he went through Miami International Airport. OK....
I Don’t Get It: Another doctor has been sentenced to a long jail term for running what was described as a pill mill operation out of his office. I don’t get it. Actually, I do. The D.A. says the ring raked in about $5 million over the last three years.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Kristina Edwards, who had that dream all of us have had when an ATM machine started spitting $20 bills at her. She returned the $380 to the bank. Good for her.
Quote Box: “The casinos should be embarrassed in what they did to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
- County Council Chairman Mario Civera, on court ruling knocking out tax portion of host agreements, which could cost Delco more than $4 million.
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