The Daily Numbers: 0 crimes committed by former state Trooper Albert Silveri III, despite his creepy online chats with an undercover officer.
3 months old, age of tot an Upper Darby man pleaded guilty to beating.
2 teens from West Chester who have been cited for disorderly conduct after police say they were observed urinating on the side of a Wawa in Thornbury.
16 hours, how long the ramp from the northbound Blue Route to westbound Schuylkill was closed after a tanker truck overturned.
2 people, a mother and child, who drowned in rough current last night in North Wildwood after lifeguards had gone off duty for the day. A third child was pulled from the rip current.
6 area McDonald’s that have been targeted by a gang of thieves. None of them are in Delco.
2 people, a brother and sister, from the Mayfair section of Philly who have been charged with ripping people off at their used car dealership.
24 years, how long it has been since we endured a June that was as cool as the one that ended yesterday.
71, our average temperature for June, which is about 1.5 degrees below our normal mark.
2.72, what we’re paying for a gallon of gas as we head into the July 4 holiday travel period.
113 million dollar jackpot up for grabs in the Mega Millions lottery game. The next drawing is Friday night.
1,236 residents who left Philadelphia in 2008. That number is down from previous years. Philly now ranks as the 6th biggest U.S. city.
23,000 dollars ripped off from a school fund at Germantown High by a former worker. The woman paid full restitution in returning the money and was sentenced to 5 years probation.
2 billion dollars in higher taxes being proposed by Gov. Ed Rendell to solve the state’s budget crisis.
2 days in a row a child has been struck and killed by a vehicle in Philadelphia. A 7-year-odl girl was hit Tuesday night, also in the Mayfair neighborhood.
0 for 5 last night for Jimmy Rollins, who continues to struggle in one of the worst slumps of his career.
0 hits in his last 24 at-bats for the Phils shortstop.
.207, Rollins’ batting average after last night, which actually prompted a chant by Braves fans mocking him in his final at-bat. Rollins promptly struck out.
4 hits and 4 RBI for Braves martin Prado to leave Atlanta to a 5-4 win in 10 innings.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Here’s a tip for Charlie Manuel. Should Jimmy Rollins continue to struggle the next two nights in Atlanta, get him out of the leadoff spot before coming back to Citizens Bank Field Friday night for a crucial series with the Mets.
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I Don’t Get It: So former Trooper Albert Silveri’s online chats were not illegal. That doesn’t make them any less creepy.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Harrah’s, which will kick off the July 4 holiday with a free fireworks spectacular along the Chester waterfront Thursday night.
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Quote Box: “The intensity of these communications and the specificity is alarming. These aren’t fantasies. These are far beyond that.”
- Delco Judge Frank Hazel, describing the online chats of former state Trooper Albert Silveri III.