The Daily Numbers: 61, age of suspect charged in the killing of 84-year-old Jane Morgan in her Upper Darby apartment. Police say he brutally beat and raped the woman, then stole $1,200 from the apartment.
He was a neighbor in her building.
277 graduates of Academy Park High School who picked up their diplomas last night.
18, age of driver charged with being under the influence when the car he was operating slammed into a car full of Ridley teens. The crash left a Ridley High grad paralyzed. Robert Smith Jr. waived his preliminary hearing in Ridley court yesterday.
100 people packed into an intersection at Crosby Square Apartments in Chester last weekend when a teen was shot. No one is reporting seeing anything and the crowd interfered with officers trying to get to the victim. Nice.
20, age of Ramir Steve, who is now on trial in the shooting death of an Upper Darby taxi driver back on Christmas Eve 2007.
18 million dollars in federal stimulus funding that will be used to revitalize the Croydon train station on SEPTA’s R7 Trenton line.
8.5 million, what Sunoco is paying for an ethanol manufacturing facility in Volney, N.Y.
1 death now being blamed on swine flu in New Jersey.
4 cent hike in the price of gasoline in the Philly region over the weekend. Average price at the pump is now $2.69.
2 recent chemical releases being investigated at the Valero refinery near Delaware City, Del.
9,000 dollars in stolen clothes found in a car during a routine traffic stop in Rehoboth Beach, Del. Two suspects are in custody. The loot is believed to have been stolen from the nearby outlet stores.
2 men charged in a plot to get a gun on board a US Airways flight at Philly International who now face new charges in the case.
26 million dollars in stimulus money to upgrade the baggage security at Philadelphia International Airport.
20 to 40 years in jail for the man who ran his pickup truck into a couple of employees of a Bucks County bar after he had been refused service. One of the workers died.
3 people stabbed after a soccer game in Anne Arundel, Md.
39, age of school principal in Sudlersville, Md., charged with having sex with a 14-year-old girl.
3 Phillies who are now leading the vote tallies at their positions in the All-Star balloting. They are Chase Utley, Jimmy Rollins and Raul Ibanez. Utley is the leading vote getter in the NL.
8 million viewers who tuned in Friday night for Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup finals between the Red Wings and Penguins on NBC. That’s the highest-rated NHL game on TV in 36 years.
950 million dollars in bailout funds being sought by Lincoln Financial, the Radnor company whose name adorns the Eagles stadium.
70 to 95 bucks, what it will cost you for one of those single-game tickets the Eagles will put on sale this morning.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.I want as many Phils to make the All-Star game as possible, but does anyone really think Jimmy Rollins deserves to be the starting shortstop this season? That’s the problem with fan voting.
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I Don’t Get It: It’s hard to listen to what police say happened to a dog in Vineland, N.J., that was tied up and dragged behind a truck.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to police in Upper Darby for using DNA evidence to track down a suspect in the brutal beating, rape and murder of an elderly resident in her apartment.
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Quote Box: “He knew everything. Even the placement of her body was staged. Williams laid her on the bed to make it look like a natural death.”
- Upper Darby Detective Capt. George Rhoades Jr., on the arrest of Billy Williams in the murder of Jane Morgan.