The Daily Numbers: 82, age of nun mugged by a suspect in the parking lot of St. Alice’s Church in Upper Darby.
100,000 dollars, the amount some people alleged to be missing from Briarcliffe Fire Co. The D.A.’s office is investigating. No charges have been filed.
10,000 bucks won by a Springfield teen who entered his work in a contest sponsored by “America’s Funniest Home Videos.” Billy Booth now has a chance of winning the $100,000 grand prize.
30 suspects rounded up in a police sting targeting drug sales on the 900 block of Crosby Street in Chester.
100 years of tradition and community work being celebrated by the Darby branch of the NAACP.
6,000 dollars raised Sunday night during the fundraiser for a scholarship in the name of hit-run victim Faith Sinclair.
900,000 dollars being sought from an emergency fund by the city manager in Coatesville, where they are a siege of arson fires. So far city council is not releasing the money.
1 person dead and 2 in custody when gunfire broke out during a surveillance operation against a suspected bank robber in a quiet Northeast Philadelphia neighborhood Monday.
10 percent rollback that could be in the works for the Philadelphia police department, as the city continues to battle a budget deficit. That would mean 900 uniformed officers lost through attrition and layoffs. The other scenarios are even worse.
30 scofflaws rounded up yesterday in a crackdown in Philadelphia against residents with unpaid traffic tickets. Some of the violators owed more than $20,000.
17, age of student who brought a loaded gun to Salem High School in South Jersey yesterday and pointed it at another student.
9, age of child in Delaware who was target shooting with a .22-caliber rifle when he accidentally shot and wounded a man.
6, age of girl in Gloucester County, N.J., in critical condition after being struck by a hit-run driver while riding her bike.
15,000 dollars ripped off by thieves who broke into soda machines at the Taj Mahal Casino Resort in Atlantic City.
13 drunken students at Princeton taken to a local hospital after ingesting too much alcohol during a weekend initiation for campus eating clubs.
1, as in No. 1, among the Big 6 airlines for US Airways for on-time performance in 2008. They had 80.1 percent of flights arrive within 15 minutes of the published arrival time.
2 cent hike in the price of gasoline over the weekend. Philly average at the pump is now $1.96.
3 AL MVP awards for Alex Rodriguez, who yesterday admitted he used steroids from 2001-03. He says he hasn’t used them since.
24 points in an eye-popping performance for Sixers rookie Marreese Speights in the Sixers win over Phoenix last night.
3 straight wins for the Sixers since they learned they will play the rest of the season without star Elton Brand.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Here’s a troubling thought for Sixers fans. Did the team spend $80 million in the off-season on a player, Elton Brand, who makes them worse. The team certainly seems to play better without Brand in the lineup.
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I Don’t Get It: About that tuition aid plan announced by Gov. Ed Rendell last week, based on legalizing video poker in taverns. It’s only for students attending the 14 state-owned universities and community colleges. That means if you’re son or daughter is attending Penn State, you’re out of luck.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Jeff Kindler, the CEP of Fort Washington-based Korman Communities. He’s taking out full-page ads worth $16,000 in several local and national newspapers urging his corporate brethren to avoid layoffs during the current financial crisis.
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Quote Box: “Gee, if they think they have to pull out Civera to win, maybe I can win.”
-- Delaware County Democratic boss Cliff Wilson, on the reaction to news that longtime GOP state Mario Civera will seek one of two seats on County Council up for grabs in the upcoming election.