The Daily Numbers: 100,000 dollars, how much Yeadon Councilman Terry McGirth admitted stealing from his Chester County employer back in 2003.
That conviction means he can’t hold his seat on council.
100 years later, two Medal of Honor winners who are buried in separate Delco cemeteries got their just due yesterday, honored by members of the Herbert W. Best VFW Post 928 in Folsom.
2 residents in Darby Borough being sought after a raid on a home turned up a marijuana-growing operation.
79 votes missed this year by U.S. Rep. Joe Sestak, according to Steve Welch. He’s the Montco businessman who has announced his candidacy for the 7th District seat. Sestak may have other fish to fry. He’s still eyeing a run against Sen. Arlen Specter for the Dem Senate nomination.
4,000 people in Chester who have received notice of unpaid trash fees. A citizens group has now gone to federal court asking for an injunction against the city’s attempts to collect.
297 members of the Interboro Education Association and the school board who have reached a tentative accord on a new contract.
985 to 19, margin by which union employees at Acme Markets last night approved a tentative deal with the supermarket.
4,000 workers in 41 stores in the region covered under the new deal.
13, age of teen struck by a hit-run driver at a Bryn Mawr intersection yesterday afternoon. The youth is in critical condition. A woman driving a station wagon is being sought.
12 days for each of the 137 felony counts he was convicted of, what the
55 months in jail prison sentence for former Sen. Vince Fumo amounts to.
2 17-year-old boys who testified yesterday against a former math teacher at North Penn High School. One said he had sex with the 36-year-old female teacher, the other said she sent sexually explicit texts to him.
75, age of man attacked by robbers in New Castle County, Del.
3 people taken into custody in South Jersey for a series of incidents in which they placed metal spikes in the road.
4 aliases for the man now under arrest charged as the mastermind in the double-slaying of a party planner and her friend in an upscale Northern Liberties apartment complex.
42 million in federal stimulus funds that must be shared with 4 state-related universities.
200,000 dollar watch ripped off from the Macy’s store in Christiana Mall. Police are looking for suspects.
3 to 8 months in jail for one of two brothers who once starred in gay porn films in connection with a series of rooftop burglaries.
29 billion dollar spending plan being pushed by Dems in the state House. A $27 billion alternative offered by Republicans.
1.5 billion dollars being sought from Boeing in a class-action lawsuit alleging age bias at plants in Kansas and Oklahoma.
15 percent increase in foreclosure rates across the nation in first half of 2009.
211,162 households in Pa. worth more than a million dollars. That’s down from last year.
2.59 a gallon, average price at the pump in the Philly region. That’s down another 2 cents.
4 games this weekend for the Phils against the 2nd place Florida Marlins.
4 game lead for the Phils, which could be 8 – or 0 – on Monday morning.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.The Phils sign Pedro Martinez and immediately put him on the disabled list. Not to worry. Pedro is merely going to get a few rehab starts in the minors before joining the team. The question remains, how much does he have left?
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I Don’t Get It: A Philadelphia man is charged with posing as a priest. He actually visited a wounded police officer in the hospital and ministered to him. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Today’s forecast: More heat and more humidity. Good.
That’s more like summer.
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Quote Box: “He is absolutely a model for the prison system, because he has been rehabilitated. He’s a poster boy, a perfect example of what true rehabilitation is.”
- Yeadon Councilwoman President Vivian Ford, on fellow council member Terry McGirth, who has been ousted from his post because of an old felony conviction.