The Daily Numbers: 43, age of suspected killer William Smithson, on trial for strangling intern Jason Shephard, who was 23.
21 Chester police officers honored at the city’s annual police award ceremony.
20 kids taken into custody after a brawl at Chester High School.
11.37 percent tax hike looming in Nether Providence. Supervisors are looking to cut costs in order to reduce the hike, including axing summer rec programs and reducing police patrols.
20 arrests for the Philadelphia police officers killed in the line of duty. Still another officer died Monday night after his cruiser collided with another car.
2 suspects now in custody for the $700,000 heist of an armored car in South Philadelphia.
125,000 dollar fine that could be dropped on a Main Line dentist who was indicted yesterday on charges he dumped medical waste at the Jersey shore that wound up washing up on local beaches, forcing several closures.
12, age of suspect, a student at Dimner Beeber Middle School in Overbrook, charged with sexually assaulting a 24-year-old teacher at the school.
1 person killed when flames roared through a home in Woodbury, N.J., overnight.
120 bank heists reported in Philadelphia since the first of the year.
41 million Americans expected to travel more than 50 miles this Thanksgiving holiday. That’s down from 41.6 million last year. It’s the first dip in holiday travel reported in six years.
1,500 feet, height of skyscraper planned for Center City at 16th and Arch streets. It would eclipse the new Comcast Center as the tallest building in the city.
1.84 price of gas at a station in Marshalls Creek, Pa., in the Poconos. The station is involved in a gas war with a new station that opened up across the street.
2 cent dip in price of gasoline as prices continue to fall. Average price in Philly region is now $2.22.
12 noon, when Donovan McNabb will stride to the microphones to talk to the media, the first time since his admission after the Bengals’ debacle that he didn’t know the rules concerning overtime.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.It’s gotten to this point. Do you root for the Eagles, who incredibly are still just a half-game out of the Wild Card spot, or hope they lose so that they’ll finally make some changes? How ‘bout that Joe Flacco!
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I Don’t Get It: A 12-year-old has been charged with trying to sexually assault his teacher in Philadelphia. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the 21 Chester officers honored yesterday in the city. They do a tough job in a tough city. They don’t get thanked enough.

Quote Box: “He was very conservative. He was what we would call homophobic.”
-- Former girlfriend of murder victim Jason Shephard, testifying at trial of Bill Smithson, who is charged in the intern’s killing.