The Daily Numbers: 8 times a man was shot outside his apartment in Darby Township. He survived.
2 weeks since an explosion and fire rocked the Sunoco plant and neighborhood in Marcus Hook. A probe into what happened continues.
50,000 dollars in damage caused by a man with a hammer inside Chichester High School over the weekend.
4.1 percent budget hike under the proposed budget in Marple Newtown School district.
55 percent for Chris Christie to 42 percent for Steve Lonegan as Christie wins GOP gubernatorial nod in New Jersey. He’ll face Gov. Jon Corzine in the fall.
508,000 ballots cast in Jersey, that’s a turnout of about 10 percent of registered voters.
26, age of “person of interest” who was seized by a crowd, roughed up and held until police arrived in the rape of an 11-year-old girl in Philadelphia.
1 more person struck and killed by a hit-run driver. A woman in her 30s was hit as she tried to cross Roosevelt Boulevard early Wednesday.
26, age of teacher in Delaware charged with having sex with a 10th grade student.
76 mph winds that accompanied damaging storm that blew through parts of northern Delaware Tuesday afternoon.
10,000 dollars in uniforms and equipment stolen from a football team in New Castle County, Del.
3 years probation for a woman in Philly who police say got her daughter involved in prostitution.
18,000 dollars believed stolen from taxpayers by the owner of a private tutoring company in Philly.
18 percent increase in revenue for Pa.’s slots casinos in May.
6.2 percent decline in revenue from slots at Harrah’s in Chester. Two other casinos also were down for the month.
500 million in new cuts being sought by Gov. Ed Rendell as the state’s budget crisis worsens.
15 percent dip in revenue collected in Pa. in May. Year-to-date revenue collections are off almost 11 percent.
2 home runs for Raul Ibanez last night to power the Phils to another road win.
200 and 201 home runs in his career for Ibanez, who hit them on his 37th birthday.
6 strong innings for Phils rookie starter Antonio Bastardo as he got the win last night against the Padres.
1 inning for Padres ace Jake Peavy, who left with the flu.
2-1 lead for the Red Wings after the Penguins took Game 3 of their Stanley Cup Final series last night.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.It’s time to start thinking about Raul Ibanez in terms of an MVP. And to think he’s not even leading the All-Star ballot. Has anyone had a better first half?
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I Don’t Get It: Someone explain this one to me. You are against abortion as murder, but fatally shoot and kill a doctor who performs abortions. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to all those who wasted no time in alerting police to the ID of the woman who is believed to have pocketed two $100 dollar bills a woman dropped in the Upper Chi Wal-Mart. Her act was captured on videotape and her picture appeared in the paper. Police got no shortage of calls.
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Quote Box: “It’s inevitable. We’ve come to terms with it.”
-- Marcus Hook resident in the aftermath of the explosion and fire at the local Sunoco plant, as experts try to figure out what went wrong.