The Daily Numbers: 62 feet, height of billboards being proposed for Baltimore Pike in Springfield, Sproul Road in Marple, and West Chester Pike in Haverford.
3 to 4 weeks, how long commuters in the Radnor area will have to deal with detours on King of Prussia Road. Emergency bridge work has shut the span down.
13,900 dollars, how much the former treasurer is believed to have stolen from a girls crew club at Radnor High School. The man apparently used it to pay the prep school tuition for his kids and hoped to repay it.
41, age of woman in Lower Chichester who will face trial for having sex with 4 teen boys as many as 40 times.
44, age of former teacher at Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School in Montgomery County who is charged with having an inappropriate relationship with a student.
2 people dead after a man walked up to a car and opened fire on a woman in Philly yesterday, then turned the gun on himself.
6, age of girl who was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the Olney section of Philly last night. The girl is hospitalized.
58 percent of people in a recent AAA survey who admitted to some aggressive driving habits.
1 percent sales tax hike being pushed by some municipal officials in Pennsylvania. Delco is not among them.
8 million bucks, what the city still says the Eagles owe the city in their dispute over revenue from skyboxes at Veterans Stadium. Mayor Michael Nutter yesterday rejected the team’s argument that there was any secret deal to settle the issue for a lot less money.
10,000 dollars taken by robbers who hit a check-cashing business on Northeast Philly.
500,000 dollar budget gap that may force organizers to pull the plug on Philly’s annual pro bike race through city streets. The Philadelphia Cycling Championship would celebrate its 25th anniversary this year.
3 teens injured in a crash in Greenville, Del. Police say the young driver was “trying to go airborne.”
57 percent dip in profits in the first-quarter for Merck & Co.
600 to 700 jobs being dumped by Yahoo.
27,500 jobs eliminated in the last year by the nation’s major air carriers.
100 jobs being cut by Independence Blue Cross.
2.10 and holding, average price of gas in the Philly region.
1 goal scored by the Flyers as they fell to the Pens last night, 3-1. They now are behind in the series by the identical margin, 3-1.
1 more loss and the Flyers can start making their tee times for the summer.
45 shots fired by the Flyers at Pens’ goalie Marc-Andre Fleury. Ah, yes, the dreaded hot goaltender stymies the orange and black.
11 runs for the Phils last night as they pounded the Brewers, 11-4.
1 hour, 18 minute rain delay for the game in the top of the 7th.
2 as in Game Two of the Sixers-Magic series on tap tonight in Orlando.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Villanova star Scottie Reynolds is at least going to toy with the idea of turning pro and entering the NBA Draft. Don’t panic, Wildcat fans.
Expect Reynolds back in the lineup next year. He does not project as a first-round NBA pick.
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I Don’t Get It: A woman in Philadelphia apparently was talking on a cell phone when she struck a 6-year-old last night in the Olney section.
Witnesses actually say she came back to inspect the scene, then fled again. Last week City Council passed a bill to outlaw talking on a hand-held cell phone while driving. Anyone still questioning if it’s dangerous?
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Today’s Upper: It’s Earth Day. Take a walk. Get out of your car.
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Quote Box: “I’m not condoning a boycott. I do feel sorry for the tenants, but they can always express their displeasure with their landlords.
-- Marple Commissioner John Butler, on simmering dispute over billboards in the township.