Moving Beyond 10,000 Losses: An look at why it’s so difficult to be a Phillies – hell for that matter a Philadelphia – sports fan.
One game behind the Mets in the N.L. East. One game behind the Padres in the wild car. Four games to go. Forget 10,000 losses. How about four wins?

The Daily Numbers: 3 volunteer firefighters injured while battling a garage fire late Wednesday in Sharon Hill.

6 weeks since two Parkside volunteers were seriously burned fighting a blaze in that town.

200,000 dollar cash bail for the 16-year-old charged as an adult with attempted murder in the shooting outside Chester High School. Tommy Gilbert turned himself in Wednesday.

2 dead pit bulls found on Enterprise Avenue near the Philadelphia International Airport. Anyone with any information on the dead dogs is urged to contact the SPCA at 215-426-6304.

6 students from Jackson Memorial High School in Ocean County, N.J., who have died this year. The latest was a female student found dead in her bedroom. The death has been ruled suspicious.

25 dollar fine. That’s what an Allentown police officer will pay, along with court costs, in the fatal accident in which he struck and killed a 4-year-old boy. He won’t be charged in the boy’s death. The youth’s family is outraged.

57 bed long-term acute care hospital opened in Havertown by Kindred Healthcare Inc.

200,00 more toys being recalled because they contain dangerous levels of lead. The toys include some of the "Knights of the Sword" series, along with some Thomas the Tank items that were made in China.

21 people who may have been sickened by eating contaminated hamburgers. Some of those sickened were in Pennsylvania.

38, age of suspect charged in the brutal beating and sexual assault of a 75-year-old woman in Hatboro, Montgomery County.

5 days, what a 73-year-old man says he spent trapped in his car in York, Pa., after it crashed into an abandoned house.

9 wins for Kyle Lohse this year. Last night he went 7 strong innings to outduel the Braves Tim Hudson.

86 wins for the Phils, with four crucial games left on the schedule. Can you say 90?

I Don’t Get It (with apologies to Jack McCaffery): Our representatives in Harrisburg today will debate a ban on metal and aluminum bats in youth baseball. Yep, that’s right up there on the list of crucial issues facing the state.

Today’s Upper: U2 and rock superstar Bono will be in town tonight to accept the Liberty Medal for his work pushing for AIDS awareness in Africa. Bravo.

Quote Box: "Safety is my No. 1 concern. My No. 2 concern is education."
-- New Chester Upland Superintendent, in the fallout of a shooting outside the high school