The Daily Numbers: 4 bucks a gallon. That’s what gas is going for at some stations in the region. And Memorial Day is still a few days away. Some experts are saying we could be seeing $5 a gallon by the end of the summer.

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3.84 a gallon for regular. That’s the average price in the 5-county Philly region today, up a penny from yesterday.


4.78 the average price for diesel fuel.


8 million bucks, what they are going to spend on a major deck joint repair project on the Commodore Barry Bridge this summer.


2 of 5 lanes will be closed at different times through the summer.


2 eastbound lanes due to be open during the afternoon rush hour. Ought to make the Friday night dash to the shore interesting.


10 federal agents working with local officials as they continue to investigate vandalism of two Chinook helicopters in production at Boeing’s Ridley Township plant.


5,000 dollars being offered for information on a bizarre attack that occurred in the driveway of a Marple home.


1 police officer injured in Stowe, Montgomery County, after his cruiser was struck by another car Monday night.


1 body found in the trunk of a car in Bucks County. Another man now faces homicide charges in connection with the case.


2 million bucks, what Milton Street, brother of former Philly Mayor John Street, was paid as a consultant, and which he was convicted of failing to file federal income taxes on. His sentenced has been delayed.


2 planned appeareances in Philadelphia by controversial Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor of Sen. Barack Obama’s church, that have been canceled.


47 age of suspect linked to a series of attacks on women in Philadelphia in which he sucks the toes of his victims. Police say Richard Allen Casey will be charged in the attacks. He’s already in jail.


2 people killed and 5 injured in a crash involving a family returning from their daughter’s college graduation in Berks County. The husband and wife were killed. Their daughter, whose graduation from Muhlenberg College in Allentown they had just attended, is in critical condition.


327,500 dollars a year, what the new chancellor of the Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities will be paid.


4 Philly police officers who will be terminated for their roles in the videotaped beating of several suspects being taken into custody on May 5; 3 officers will be suspended 5 to 15 days; 1 sergeant will be demoted; 8 officers will be retrained in appropriate use of force.


12 billion dollar offer in the bidding to lease operation of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. The top bidder is Citi Infrastructure Investors and two Spanish firms, Albertis Infraestructures and Criteria Caiza Corp.


66 percent dip in first-quarter profits being reported by Home Depot.


3 straight losses for the Phils, who went meekly last night in being shut out by Tim Redding and the Nationals.


7 hits is all the Phils managed, zero runs.


5.75 ERA and a 2-5 record for Brett Myers. Not going to get it done.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Now that hockey season is over, the Phils seem unwilling to seize the moment. They have now lost 3 in a row. They could own the city if they respond. At least until the Eagles report to camp.
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I Don’t Get It: A lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters against the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court claims the high court upheld the state’s slot-machine gambling law in exchange for approval of a judicial pay hike. I don’t get it.


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Today’s Upper: The weather folks tell us it’s going to be a beautiful Memorial Day weekend coming up. In the meantime, however, we’ll have several more days of winter.

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Quote Box: “We’re all just waiting patiently to see what they turn up.”

-- Boeing union leader John DeFrancisco, on the probe into vandalism of Chinook helicopters at the Ridley plant.