The Daily Numbers: 3 pirates shot and killed by Navy SEAL snipers in freeing a U.S. ship captain being held hostage Sunday. A 4th surrendered.
1 person killed this morning in a car fire that has shut down Route 202 north in Thornbury Township.
2 firefighters injured battling a fire that damaged 3 apartment units in East Lansdowne.
63, age of Randy Cain, founding member of the Delfonics. He died at his home, but his music, and songs like ‘La La Means I Love You’ will live forever.
17, age of defendant due to go on trial today in the slaying of a Starbucks manager on a Center City SEPTA concourse. Now the prosecution wants to try Kinta Stanton as an adult in the death of Sean Conroy.
1 person killed after a party erupted into a brawl last night at a community center in Lawnside, N.J.
90,000 dollars, amount of no-bid Pa. contract given to law firm that also made campaign donations to Gov. Ed Rendell.
3 loaded guns found by an 8-year-old boy playing near his house in New Castle County, Del.
1 child hurt when fisticuffs broke out during a party at a Chuck E.
Cheese restaurant in South Philly.
2 people shot on the 3200 block of North Randolph Street in North Philly Sunday night.
174 million dollar Powerball jackpot from six weeks ago that still has not been claimed. There were two winning tickets sold.
24 incidents of vandalism now under investigation in Bucks County.
Houses and vehicles are being targeted for the racist screeds.
93 cats found in a feces-filled home in central New Jersey.
9.2 percent dip in sales for Macy’s in March.
67 arrests and 167,000 dollars in drugs seized by cops in the first big weekend push of Operation Pressure Point in Philly.
34 million dollars in ticket sales for Miley Cyrus to lead the weekend box office with ‘Hannah Montana: The Movie.’
2.07, what we’re paying at the pump in the Philly area. Gas prices were unchanged over the weekend.
2 run pinch-hit homer in the 9th for Matt Stairs to spark the Phils to a win over the Rockies Sunday.
0 wins for the Nationals, where the Phils land today in D.C.
4-3 loss for the Flyers in their season finale vs. the Rangers, which means they go on the road to open their first-round playoff series in Pittsburgh Wednesday night.
22 points for Chris Bosh as the Raptors put away the struggling Sixers Sunday.
3 man playoff that went to Angel Cabrera Sunday as he captured the green jacket at The Masters.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.You just have to love Matt Stairs. Or maybe the Phils should just start calling their late-innings pinch hitter Roy Hobbs, after the fabled Robert Redford character in ‘The Natural.’
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I Don’t Get It: OK, the Obamas have a dog. It’s very cute. Now maybe we can all move on.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to those Navy SEALs who freed captive U.S. ship captain Richard Phillips Sunday.
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Quote Box: “Every country will be treated the way it treats us. In the future, America will be the one mourning and crying.”
-- A pirate holding a Greek ship anchored in Somali town of Gaan after Americans killed three pirates and freed a ship captain being held on another vessel.