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The Daily Numbers -- May 19
The Daily Numbers: 3 cent increase over the weekend for gas prices in the region. Yep, it must be just about time for the Memorial Day weekend.
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3.83 a gallon for regular. That’s the average price. Actually, there’s nothing average about it. Painful, yes, Average, no.
4.76 the average price for diesel fuel. Keep on truckin’? Not at these prices.
1 person hurt when fire swept through the Wallingford Estates Apartments Sunday afternoon.
200,000 square foot Target store that will replace the old Strawbridge’s at the Springfield Mall. It’s part of a huge expansion plan at the shopping icon.
70,000 square foot building being proposed in Haverford for the site of the old Philadelphia Chewing Gum Factory.
165 years of grads from Villanova University, which held its commencement exercises on Sunday.
500 graduates who picked up diplomas at Cabrini College, and also bid farewell to Dr. Antoinette Iadarola, who is retiring as president of the college.
18 percent dip in enrollment at Rosemont College. The all-female school is mulling admitting men in a move to reverse that trend.
1 man charged in the murder of his wife, who was found dead in her Talleyville, Del., home.
2 people, a husband and wife, killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Berks County over the weekend.
2 people killed and 2 seriously injured in the crash of a small plane in South Jersey Saturday afternoon.
5 gun control ordinances passed by city council in Philadelphia that will be challenged in court today by the National Rifle Association.
6 zip loss as the Flyers’ season came to a crashing end in Pittsburgh yesterday.
2 to nothing in the first period, which pretty much sealed the Flyers’ fate.
2:54 how long it took the Phillies and Blue Jays to actually play their game Sunday, won by the Toronto guys.
2 rain delays that added 3 hours to the misery of those who braved the downpours to watch the Phils fall.
100 seasons of pro sports now without a championship in Philadelphia. It’s been 25 years since the Sixers won in 1983.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Hockey season is over. It’s now officially baseball season. So of course the weather will feel more like hockey and nothing resembling summer.
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I Don’t Get It: The National Rifle Association will be in court this morning to challenge the ordinances passed by the city of Philadelphia to run in guns on city streets. They’re against them. But what measure exactly are they for?
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Today’s Upper: Let’s hear it for the kids honored for their writing and theatrical skills last night at the Cappies awards at the Drexelbrook.
Quote Box: “It was an act of violence against our family.”
-- Regina Jewell, talking about the shooting of the family dog in their back yard.
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3.83 a gallon for regular. That’s the average price. Actually, there’s nothing average about it. Painful, yes, Average, no.
4.76 the average price for diesel fuel. Keep on truckin’? Not at these prices.
1 person hurt when fire swept through the Wallingford Estates Apartments Sunday afternoon.
200,000 square foot Target store that will replace the old Strawbridge’s at the Springfield Mall. It’s part of a huge expansion plan at the shopping icon.
70,000 square foot building being proposed in Haverford for the site of the old Philadelphia Chewing Gum Factory.
165 years of grads from Villanova University, which held its commencement exercises on Sunday.
500 graduates who picked up diplomas at Cabrini College, and also bid farewell to Dr. Antoinette Iadarola, who is retiring as president of the college.
18 percent dip in enrollment at Rosemont College. The all-female school is mulling admitting men in a move to reverse that trend.
1 man charged in the murder of his wife, who was found dead in her Talleyville, Del., home.
2 people, a husband and wife, killed in a multi-vehicle crash in Berks County over the weekend.
2 people killed and 2 seriously injured in the crash of a small plane in South Jersey Saturday afternoon.
5 gun control ordinances passed by city council in Philadelphia that will be challenged in court today by the National Rifle Association.
6 zip loss as the Flyers’ season came to a crashing end in Pittsburgh yesterday.
2 to nothing in the first period, which pretty much sealed the Flyers’ fate.
2:54 how long it took the Phillies and Blue Jays to actually play their game Sunday, won by the Toronto guys.
2 rain delays that added 3 hours to the misery of those who braved the downpours to watch the Phils fall.
100 seasons of pro sports now without a championship in Philadelphia. It’s been 25 years since the Sixers won in 1983.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Hockey season is over. It’s now officially baseball season. So of course the weather will feel more like hockey and nothing resembling summer.
*
I Don’t Get It: The National Rifle Association will be in court this morning to challenge the ordinances passed by the city of Philadelphia to run in guns on city streets. They’re against them. But what measure exactly are they for?
*
Today’s Upper: Let’s hear it for the kids honored for their writing and theatrical skills last night at the Cappies awards at the Drexelbrook.
Quote Box: “It was an act of violence against our family.”
-- Regina Jewell, talking about the shooting of the family dog in their back yard.
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