The Daily Numbers: 2.31, what gas is going for at some local stations after a weekend spurt. Memorial Day must not be far off.
2.28, the average price we’re paying at the pump.
16 cent increase in the price of gas in just the last week, according to AAA.
100 years young, all those in attendance at yesterday’s luncheon honoring 34 county residents who have hit the century mark.
10 homeless after an inferno roared through a home in Yeadon.
15, age of teen who testified yesterday he had sex with a 41-year-old woman in Lower Chichester.
500 people who attended a Veterans Summit hosted by U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak at Ridley High School.
2,000 dollars won by Gov. Ed Rendell on the slots at Harrah’s last year. No wonder some call him “Fast Eddie.”
0, what owners of “green” vehicles would pay for parking in Doylestown parking lots and meters under a new program.
35, age of clerk who was shot during a holdup last night at a grocery store in Cobbs Creek.
121 million dollars in state funding and $209 million in federal stimulus funds that will allow the Philadelphia School District to balance its budget.
40 teachers being axed in budget-cutting moves in Winslow Township in South Jersey. The district is looking to ax 160 jobs altogether to save
$6 million.
800 volunteers being sought by the organizers of the Philadelphia International Cycling Championship. You get a free meal at the June 7 event.
200,000 in pots seized by police during a raid on a home in Hammonton, N.J.
8 percent sales tax you’d pay on anything you buy in Philly under the new budget deal brokered by Mayor Michael Nutter and City Council. The rate in the suburbs is only 6 percent.
13.9 percent, unemployment rate among those 20 to 24 years old. Not good news for new college grads.
9 million dollar military order for Unisys for information technology support to the Joint Forces Command in Va.
500 dollar fee slapped on students for campus housing at the University of Delaware. That’s on top of a 6.6 percent hike overall in housing rates, and a 7.46 hike in dining costs.
130 bucks, what you will now pay for blocking the intersection in Philly as the city tries a new crackdown to keep traffic moving in the city.
5,000 Pennsylvania homes in foreclosure in April, the first time it’s gone over that mark since the numbers first started being kept four years ago.
52 million dollars in the first year, how much Delaware expects to rake in under a proposal to legalize sports betting in the state.
4 stolen bases last night for Phils outfielder Jayson Werth, including a rare steal of home.
2 runs on 7 hits in 6 innings and 0 walks for Chan Ho Park as he picked up his first win of the season.
5, as in the No. 5 slot in the batting order, where normal leadoff man Jimmy Rollins hit last night. He drove in a run.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Doug Collins says he’s talked to the Sixers about the head coaching job.
Uh, on second thought, maybe he didn’t. Collins last night told the AP he talked to the Sixers “two or three times” about the job. Later he clarified, saying he was mistaken.
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I Don’t Get It: Why should I care what Miss California USA thinks about gay marriage? And why should it have any effect on her role in the pageant. Same goes for the “racy” pix of her floating around the Internet. She competes in a barely-there bikini. Just another instance of Donald Trump proving he’s the master of the media.
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Today’s Upper: Legalized sports gambling in Delaware. And the bill also would allow casinos there to introduce table games. Good news for gamblers, not so much for Harrah’s Chester.
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Quote Box: “For the first time in over a month, motorists were hit with significant increases at the pump.”
-- Catherine Rossi, spokesperson for AAA, on weekend gasoline price hikes.