The Daily Numbers: 18 billboards being proposed in 3 townships across the county by Thadeus Bartkowski III.
672 square feet, size of the double-sided billboards that could rise as high as 45 feet in the sky.
8 hours after they went on sale, you could still get some standing room only tickets for this year’s eight regular season Eagles games.
297 members of the Interboro teachers union that approved their tentative new contract with the district.
7 to 23 months in jail for an Upper Darby woman convicted of beating an 87-year-old Alzheimer’s patient at an Upper Merion care facility where she worked.
17 months, age of toddler from Newtown Square who drowned in a pool while visiting his relatives in South Jersey. The tot apparently crawled through a dog door to get access to the pool.
10 years in prison, what former N.J. state Sen. Wayne Bryant could be looking at today when he’s sentenced on bribery and pension fraud charges.
44 officials in New Jersey busted by feds yesterday in a huge corruption probe. Several rabbis also were arrested.
12 inches, length of brightly colored sun conure bird that is missing from the Philadelphia Zoo.
7.25, that’s the minimum wage, effective today. In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, that means a hike of 10 cents an hour.
25,000 dollar reward being offered for information on a missing New Jersey man suffering from Alzheimer’s who has been gone since walking out of his home a month ago.
66, age of man in Chalfont, Bucks County, charged with growing pot at his home. Police say they went to the home after the man’s girlfriend, 21, called in a report of an intruder.
30, age of pregnant hospice nurse in Talleyville, Del., charged with stealing pain medicine that was meant for her dying cancer patient.
16, age of teen being investigated in Philadelphia for the sexual assault of a 11I-year-old girl.
10, age of boy in Camden who stands accused of robbing another child at gunpoint for his skateboard.
58 million dollar profit posted in the second quarter by US Airways.
7 percent dip in suburban bus and rail ridership being reported by SEPTA.
2 teens who are believed to have attacked a bicyclist on a Norristown biking/hiking trail. The man fired a gun at the kids, now he faces charges.
20 minute ride on the Market Frankford El that turned into a nightmare for a young mom with a child who reports she was groped by a man who sat next to her and held a knife to her side.
0.4 percent increase in number of crimes reported to state police in 2008, while violent crime is down 1 percent.
10,000 dollar ATM scam believed to be the work of a woman who targeted patrons at the new Sands Casino in Bethlehem.
19, age of suspect charged in $220,000 watch heist at Boyd’s Men’s Store downtown.
9,000, where the Down Jones industrials finished higher than yesterday, the first time since January. The Dow was up 190 points, to 9,069.29.
6.5 game lead over the Braves in the NL East for the Phils.
15 wins in their last 17 games for the Phils.
8 runs on 9 hits in just 3 and a third innings for Padres starter Kevin Correia.
9.5 runs per game, what the Phils have averaged in Cole Hamels’ six wins this year.
0 hits, 0 runs, 0 errors for Mark Burhrle of the White Sox in hurling a perfect game yesterday against the Rays.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.The Phils go right back to work and start another win streak in crushing the Padres. J.A. Happ goes to the mound tonight. No doubt the Blue Jays will be paying close attention.
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I Don’t Get It: What do you think the chances are that former N.J. state Sen. Wayne Bryant gets the same kind of justice that was doled out to former Pa. Sen. Vince Fumo?
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Today’s Upper: There will be no work stoppage in Interboro. Both the district’s teachers and school board have now signed off on a new contract.
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Quote Box: “The biggest nightmare my whole career was baby deaths.”
- Former Delaware County Medical Examiner Dr. Dimitri Contostavlos, on the difficulty of reaching a definitive cause of death in such cases.