The Daily Numbers: 15 months in Iraq, length of tour by Army Spc. Andrew Lebold, who arrived back home in Iraq last night.
4 police departments that took part in a pursuit yesterday that ended with the arrest of a suspect in an armed holdup in Upper Darby.
16 and 47, age of father and son who are on trial in connection with the stabbing of a neighbor during a confrontation.
4 bartenders and 4 underage drinkers cited after a raid on Dino’s Bar in Glenolden.
3 people now facing criminal charges in connection with a fatal truck crash on the Schuylkill Expressway back in January. The driver and owner of the rig, which police say never should have been on the road, are charged.
3 people rescued off a fishing trawler off the Cape May coast when it started taking on water. It eventually burst into flames.
7.68 million dollars, sale price for a condo on the 46th floor of the Residences at Two Liberty Place, in downtown Philadelphia.
6 Philadelphia row offices that the Committee of Seventy is suggesting be eliminated in order to save money.
30,000 dollars a year, how much the chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission was paid as a taxpayer-financed consultant to Sen. Vince Fumo. His turnpike job is now being reviewed in the wake of Fumo’s corruption convictions.
3 days before her 66th birthday, when a West Chester woman was found smothered to death in her home. Her son, 39, has been charged.
1 person found beaten to death slumped over wheel of car in parking lot of shopping center in Newark, Del.
72,000 dollars, how much the feds say an Amtrak consultant stole from the transit agency while working in Philadelphia.
3 parked cars damaged when an SUV went out of control and slammed into them on West Oak Lane. The driver did not stop.
2.687 rate on low-interest loans being made available to arson-plagued residents in Coatesville.
40,000 dollar grants being handed out to nonprofits in the region by drug giant Glaxo Smith Kline. Family and Community Service of Delco is in line for an award.
30 years in jail for a Reading man convicted of going to New York to have sex with a 2-year-old girl.
1 penny hike in price of gasoline in the region. We’re now paying an average of $1.98 a gallon.
9 percent surge in Cephalon stock after the Frazer drugmaker announced positive results from testing on a new drug that will battle bipolar depression.
2 Delco high school teams that will play for state hoops titles Friday night. The Carroll boys and O’Hara girls both won last night. Tonight Penn Wood and the Carroll girls will look to join the party.
1988, the last time the Flyers won a game in Detroit. They blew a lead last night and lost, 3-2.
552 wins for Devils’ netminder Martin Brodeur, setting the all-time NHL record.
7 strikeouts and no runs allowed in 5 sparkling innings for Phils pitcher Brett Myers yesterday.
25 points, including a three-pointer at the buzzer, for Andre Iguodala as the Sixers stunned the Los Angeles Lakers on their home floor.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Cole Hamels is back in Phillies training camp after having his elbow examined yesterday in Philadelphia. The team is not saying whether he will be available to take the mound opening night. He will not throw for 48 hours. Swell.
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I Don’t Get It: People are more than willing to plunk down their hard-earned money on an NCAA bracket pool without the slightest scintilla of knowledge about most of the teams involved. I think you call that madness.
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Today’s Upper: Speaking of madness, you can indulge your hoops passion at the Wachovia Center today with free practices involving the six teams that will play their opening round games there, including Villanova.
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Quote Box: “It was a 74,000-pound death machine.”
-- Montco District Attorney Risa Ferman on the big rig with faulty brakes that was involved in fatal crash on Schuylkill in Janauary. Three people, including the driver and owner, now face charges.