The Daily Numbers: 2 more cases of carbon monoxide, the ruling in the accidental deaths of a man and his 3-year-old daughter in the garage of their Middletown home.
200 dollar reward in the case of a kitten that may have been thrown from a moving car in Brookhaven.
56 counts of child porn – including videotaping young children – for which John Jackey Worman will be sentenced in federal court today.
2 more teens charged in a wolfpack-style attack in Upper Darby. And top cop Mike Chitwood is steamed at the way the juvenile justice system works, too often a revolving door putting these kids right back on the streets.
100 people who gathered outside the Media Courthouse at lunch time to protest proposed cuts to education and social service agencies as part of the state budget standoff.
3,000 city workers in Philadelphia that could be laid off should the state Legislature not approve its budget plan, which is caught up in the web of budget politics.
2 bicyclists in Delaware who report they were the victims of attacks with an unusual weapon – blow darts.
2 robberies at Southwest Philly fast-food joints believed to be the work of the same suspect.
5,000 dollar challenge grant being sought to help the local food charity Philabundance. Newtown, Bucks County, philanthropist Gene Epstein, says he will put up $5,000 to match any group that can do the same. That would mean 33,000 meals for the region’s hungy.
10 video cameras that will be put in place on cars on SEPTA’s Market-Frankford El. They will cost $3.3 million.
3 American hikers who have been detained in Iran for two weeks. Their families say they entered the country by mistake and are pleading for their release.
4,000 members of the Stryker Brigade Pa. National Guard unit who soon will be heading home from Iraq.
2 men shot to death just a block apart in Lancaster yesterday.
200 more jobs being cut by the regional credit card firm Advanta.
2 more small Pa. water and wastewater systems being acquired by Aqua America.
12.7 percent decline in slots revenue in July at the Atlantic City casinos from the same month last year.
3 hits for the Phils last night, who still managed to win over the Cubs, 4-3.
256 wins in his career for Jamie Moyer. He’s also sporting a 5.47 ERA this season.
7 blown saves in 28 chances for Brad Lidge, who was perfect last season.
That’s a problem.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Jamie Moyer says he doesn’t want to be a distraction. What exactly does he think comments like those he made yesterday, saying he believes he was “misled” by the team, constitute?
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I Don’t Get It: Rick Pitino is about as big time as it gets in college coaching. Now there’s a report the Louisville hoops coach told police he had sex with a woman in a restaurant and now she’s trying to extort him for millions. He also says he paid her $3,000 for an abortion.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Bucks County philanthropist Gene Epstein. He is putting up $5,000 of his own to any group that can match it raising funds for the food charity Philabundance.
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Quote Box: “I’m a little disheartened because I know this past winter, when I was negotiating with the Phillies, this was a sore thumb, if you will, about this potentially happening.”
- Jamie Moyer, on his demotion to the bullpen by the Phillies.