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The Daily Numbers -- Dec. 5
The Daily Numbers: 19,000 dollars in income, that’s how much federal prosecutors allege the former chief of staff to Rep. Curt Weldon tried to cover up. Russ Caso is now expected to enter a plea on the charges.
50 members of the community who rallied outside a Clifton Heights business that was the target of racial graffiti. Good for them.
8.47 percent hike in taxes, what will be debated tonight when County Council holds a public hearing on their proposed budget.
15,800 dollars, the settlement going to a Muslim man who sued a Brookhaven Burger King that he alleged fired him because he would not shave his beard.
8 days of the Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah, that kicked off at sundown last night.
105 million dollars, what the TV shopping network QVC, based in West Chester, took in last weekend.
500 million-dollar surplus in the state’s medical malpractice fund that Gov. Ed Rendell is threatening to withhold in a standoff with the Legislature over health care.
10,000 dollars, what authorities in Delaware claim a Prospect Park charged for the right to harvest timber from land he didn’t own in Sussex County.
15 of December, that’s the date officials say you need to have your cards and parcels in the mail to assure delivery by Christmas.
1 person killed in the crash of a small plane after takeoff from New Castle County Airport yesterday morning.
3 people under arrest, including the victim’s husband, in what police are calling a murder-for-hire plot in Egg Harbor Township.
1 penny drop in price of gas overnight, after it was up the same amount yesterday. Average price in the area now stands at $3.11.
8 players from Ridley and Garnet Valley on the first-team All-Delco Football Team. Not surprisingly, both teams also are still alive in the state title chase.
106 points dropped on Penn last night by the No. 1 team in the country, North Carolina, at the hallowed Palestra.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Ya gotta like the move by the Sixers to bring back Drexel Hill and Bonner grad Ed Stefanski back to run the ship. We wish him luck. He’s going to need it.
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I Don’t Get It: Brace yourself for a day of weather hysteria. All for what appears to be a dusting of snow. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Now there’s a Web site where you can go to check for possible lead problems with toys. Just in time for holiday shopping. It’s www.healthytoys.org.
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Quote Box: “Can you believe how far you parlayed coaching all of us at Bonner?”
-- Former Monsignor Bonner hoops player Joe Kilroy, on learning that his old coach, Ed Stefanski, has been named president and GM of the Sixers.
50 members of the community who rallied outside a Clifton Heights business that was the target of racial graffiti. Good for them.
8.47 percent hike in taxes, what will be debated tonight when County Council holds a public hearing on their proposed budget.
15,800 dollars, the settlement going to a Muslim man who sued a Brookhaven Burger King that he alleged fired him because he would not shave his beard.
8 days of the Jewish Festival of Lights, Hanukkah, that kicked off at sundown last night.
105 million dollars, what the TV shopping network QVC, based in West Chester, took in last weekend.
500 million-dollar surplus in the state’s medical malpractice fund that Gov. Ed Rendell is threatening to withhold in a standoff with the Legislature over health care.
10,000 dollars, what authorities in Delaware claim a Prospect Park charged for the right to harvest timber from land he didn’t own in Sussex County.
15 of December, that’s the date officials say you need to have your cards and parcels in the mail to assure delivery by Christmas.
1 person killed in the crash of a small plane after takeoff from New Castle County Airport yesterday morning.
3 people under arrest, including the victim’s husband, in what police are calling a murder-for-hire plot in Egg Harbor Township.
1 penny drop in price of gas overnight, after it was up the same amount yesterday. Average price in the area now stands at $3.11.
8 players from Ridley and Garnet Valley on the first-team All-Delco Football Team. Not surprisingly, both teams also are still alive in the state title chase.
106 points dropped on Penn last night by the No. 1 team in the country, North Carolina, at the hallowed Palestra.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Ya gotta like the move by the Sixers to bring back Drexel Hill and Bonner grad Ed Stefanski back to run the ship. We wish him luck. He’s going to need it.
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I Don’t Get It: Brace yourself for a day of weather hysteria. All for what appears to be a dusting of snow. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Now there’s a Web site where you can go to check for possible lead problems with toys. Just in time for holiday shopping. It’s www.healthytoys.org.
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Quote Box: “Can you believe how far you parlayed coaching all of us at Bonner?”
-- Former Monsignor Bonner hoops player Joe Kilroy, on learning that his old coach, Ed Stefanski, has been named president and GM of the Sixers.
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