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The Daily Numbers -- June 4
The Daily Numbers: 501 to 63, vote by unionized nurses at Crozer Chester Medical Center to approve a new contract.
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50 dollars her hour, what many of these nurses will earn after getting average pay hikes of 4 percent a year in the 3-year deal.
12 percent more union members will pay for their own health care coverage under the contract.
17 graduates who received diplomas last night from the American Christian Academy in Aston. They also will be the school’s last graduating class. The school announced it was ending its high school program.
4 children who have now come forward to allege inappropriate touching by a clinical psychologist who was an employee of the Delaware County Juvenile Court.
6 years in jail for a Clifton Heights man for a fatal DUI accident in which a Montgomery County men he slammed into when he fell asleep at the wheel was killed.
0 increase overnight in the price of gas overnight. That’s the first time that’s happened in more than a week.
4.04 the average price of gas in the five-county Philly region this morning, still an all-time high.
2 of 5 gun control ordinances recently passed by Philadelphia City Council and signed by Mayor Michael Nutter that a city judge struck down Tuesday. The measures would ban assault weapons and a limit purchases of guns to 1 a month.
200 to $229 a night, what it will cost you to stay at the new Aloft Hotel set to open near the Philadelphia International Airport in September.
40 million dollars given to the University of Pennsylvania by Jerome Fisher, founder of the women’s shoe company Nine West.
6 years in jail for a woman distraught over her husband’s affair who then left deadly chemicals stolen from the lab where she worked at the mistress’s home. She also must pay $9,000 in restitution and $2,000 in fines.
20 years after a black man was shot and killed in Philadelphia, a white supremacist charged in the shooting so he could earn a skinhead tattoo was acquittted of most of the serious charges.
5 to 1 vote by Pennsylvania legislative leaders yesterday for a limited statewide smoking ban.
37,000 feet in the air, where a woman gave birth on a flight from the Philippines to New York.
10 games over .500, where the Phils now stand after taking another one from the Reds last night, 3-2.
45,096 people who went through the turnstiles last night at Citizens Bank Park, another sellout.
6 and 2/3 strong innings from starter Adam Eaton as he posted his 2nd straight win.
2 Eagles missing from yesterday’s opening session of a voluntary mini-camp. One was Lito Sheppard. The other was offensive lineman Scott Young.
2 District 1 titles in girls lacrosse for Springfield and Radnor, both of whom won yesterday.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Forget the Eagles. At least until after Labor Day. Who cares about Lito Sheppard? This is now the Phillies’ town. Paint the town red, not green.
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I Don’t Get It: American Christian Academy in Aston, which was propelled into the national limelight with all-everything basketball player Tyreke Evans, will be no more. They held graduation at the small school last night. It will be their last. They are folding the high school, and its lofty athletic programs.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to both sides in avoiding a strike by nurses at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. Their new 3-year deal comes as good news to those who depend on the institution for crucial health services.
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Quote Box: “We were able to reach a very fair agreement that maintains reasonable cost-share for Crozer nurses.”
-- Bill Cruice, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, on the deal between his union members and Crozer-Chester Medical Center.
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50 dollars her hour, what many of these nurses will earn after getting average pay hikes of 4 percent a year in the 3-year deal.
12 percent more union members will pay for their own health care coverage under the contract.
17 graduates who received diplomas last night from the American Christian Academy in Aston. They also will be the school’s last graduating class. The school announced it was ending its high school program.
4 children who have now come forward to allege inappropriate touching by a clinical psychologist who was an employee of the Delaware County Juvenile Court.
6 years in jail for a Clifton Heights man for a fatal DUI accident in which a Montgomery County men he slammed into when he fell asleep at the wheel was killed.
0 increase overnight in the price of gas overnight. That’s the first time that’s happened in more than a week.
4.04 the average price of gas in the five-county Philly region this morning, still an all-time high.
2 of 5 gun control ordinances recently passed by Philadelphia City Council and signed by Mayor Michael Nutter that a city judge struck down Tuesday. The measures would ban assault weapons and a limit purchases of guns to 1 a month.
200 to $229 a night, what it will cost you to stay at the new Aloft Hotel set to open near the Philadelphia International Airport in September.
40 million dollars given to the University of Pennsylvania by Jerome Fisher, founder of the women’s shoe company Nine West.
6 years in jail for a woman distraught over her husband’s affair who then left deadly chemicals stolen from the lab where she worked at the mistress’s home. She also must pay $9,000 in restitution and $2,000 in fines.
20 years after a black man was shot and killed in Philadelphia, a white supremacist charged in the shooting so he could earn a skinhead tattoo was acquittted of most of the serious charges.
5 to 1 vote by Pennsylvania legislative leaders yesterday for a limited statewide smoking ban.
37,000 feet in the air, where a woman gave birth on a flight from the Philippines to New York.
10 games over .500, where the Phils now stand after taking another one from the Reds last night, 3-2.
45,096 people who went through the turnstiles last night at Citizens Bank Park, another sellout.
6 and 2/3 strong innings from starter Adam Eaton as he posted his 2nd straight win.
2 Eagles missing from yesterday’s opening session of a voluntary mini-camp. One was Lito Sheppard. The other was offensive lineman Scott Young.
2 District 1 titles in girls lacrosse for Springfield and Radnor, both of whom won yesterday.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Forget the Eagles. At least until after Labor Day. Who cares about Lito Sheppard? This is now the Phillies’ town. Paint the town red, not green.
*
I Don’t Get It: American Christian Academy in Aston, which was propelled into the national limelight with all-everything basketball player Tyreke Evans, will be no more. They held graduation at the small school last night. It will be their last. They are folding the high school, and its lofty athletic programs.
*
Today’s Upper: Kudos to both sides in avoiding a strike by nurses at Crozer-Chester Medical Center. Their new 3-year deal comes as good news to those who depend on the institution for crucial health services.
*
Quote Box: “We were able to reach a very fair agreement that maintains reasonable cost-share for Crozer nurses.”
-- Bill Cruice, executive director of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals, on the deal between his union members and Crozer-Chester Medical Center.
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