The Daily Numbers: 2 times now that a magisterial district judge has tossed first-degree murder charges against a Sharon Hill mother in connection with her daughter’s stabbing death. She faces trial on third-degree murder.
52, age of man charged in connection with the shooting of his son-in-law in Marple.
92, age of woman who was given an honorary degree from Archbishop Prendergast High School yesterday.
222 million dollars up for grabs tonight in the Powerball drawing, but it does not appear as if anyone is getting all that worked up about it.
40 residents who showed up at a meeting last night in Chester to complain about trash fees that the city is now going after that date back several years.
2 people, a mother and daughter, apparently abducted in Bucks County yesterday after their car was hit from behind. Their SUV was found later in Philadelphia. The woman made a 911 call from the trunk of a car police believe she may have been being held in.
9 people killed in crashes across Pennsylvania during the Memorial Day weekend. Police also issued 9,434 speeding tickets, up from 7,848 last year.
12 gun shop protesters who were acquitted yesterday of charges stemming from a demonstration outside a Philly gun shop.
14 more confirmed cases of swine flu in the Reading area. That brings the number of suspected cases in Berks County to 43.
56 confirmed swine flu cases now in New Jersey. That’s twice the number reported just last week.
3 confirmed cases of measles among children in Bucks County.
75,000 dollars, how much a woman who is now charged with stealing $100,000 from the law firm where she worked in Norristown is believed to have ripped off from the archdiocese of Newark, N.J., back in the late 1990s.
3 Montco teens charges with going on a theft spree over the weekend in Ocean City, N.J.
6 years in jail for a former Delaware state trooper for orchestrating a gunpoint robbery of a high-stakes poker game.
25 percent property tax hike facing residents in New Castle County, Del. It means another 21 bucks on the average tax bill.
115,000 dollars ripped off from the Philadelphia Home and School Council by the group’s former president. She pleaded guilty.
19 percent dip in home price sales in first quarter of 2009 across the nation.
44, age of former Flyer Peter Zezel, who died yesterday of a rare blood disorder.
11 strikeouts for Phils starter Joe Blanton, a career high. He tossed 7 shutout innings as the Phils beat the Marlins.
114 pitches for Blanton, who was lifted after the seventh inning.
4 hits for Shane Victorino, maybe to atone for his base-running blunder Monday night.
1 error for Ryan Howard, his first of the year, that allowed two runs to score in the ninth.
4 straight wins for the Penguins as they eliminated the Caps to advance to the NHL Stanley Cup Finals.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.I don’t like the pitch count. Joe Blanton had tossed 114 pitches when he was lifted after seven innings. But he had struck out five of the last six batters he faced and appeared to be cruising. Of course the Phils bullpen just had to make things interesting instead of cruising to a shutout win.
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I Don’t Get It: Police say a man was drunk when he tried to drive into his gated community in Tobyhanna, Pa. He fell out of his truck while trying to open the gate, and his truck ran over him. He was not seriously injured.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to those behind a name change for a piece of protective armor that took place during a special event in Ridley yesterday. It was renamed McCurdy Armor, for a soldier killed in action in Iraq.
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Quote Box: “Ryan would have been so proud that his memory is being honored this way.”
-- Jan McCurdy, mother of Ryan McCurdy, for whom the device is now named.