The Daily Numbers: 45 minutes, how long a jury deliberated in the case of Lisa Scott last night. They will be back at it this morning.
78,000 dollars ripped off from 335 customers by the owner of Springfield Auto Tags, according to police.
889,000 winning lottery ticket for a Upper Chichester resident, purchased at a township convenience store.
150 million dollars up for grabs in the Powerball drawing Saturday tomorrow night.
18, age of teen shot in the leg while walking along West Seventh Street in Chester.
2 burglaries and another attempted burglary that have Yeadon residents on edge.
20 percent tax on revenue from small games of chance that has volunteer fire companies burned up.
650 million dollars worth of reconstruction projects being done by PennDOT, why it seems like there are detours everywhere you turn.
6 people charged with running a violent drug-trafficking operation in Norristown and Plymouth Meeting.
2 times a man is believed to have run over a pregnant woman in Philadelphia. Police say he ran her over, then backed up over her again.
She died of her injuries. They are looking for the 23-year-old man
11 percent growth expected over next 25 years in the region, according to report from the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission.
1 dead after 4 people shot in 3 incidents last night in Philadelphia.
20 students from a school in West Mount Airy who fanned out to help a woman after her purse was stolen. They recovered it.
2 Arcadia University students who were attacked as they walked near the Glenside campus in separate incidents.
810 billion dollars in holiday sales being predicted for the Christmas shopping season. That would match last year, which was down 2.4 percent.
21, age of man charged in arson at Claymont apartment complex.
10,000 dollars in damage done in a fire at the Brandywine Country Club last week. An employee has been charged with setting the blaze.
8 times in five months, how many times police say a Claymont man broke into an Italian eatery.
0.6 percent decline in existing home sales in eight-county Philadelphia region in August from same month last year.
5,000 dollar reward to be posted by Tom Corbett and Humane Society for info on dog fighting.
2,000 dollar reward now being offered in case of the duct-taped cat. The reward fund was doubled yesterday.
4 officers injured when a suspect opened fire on them in Lakewood, N.J.
The suspect also was shot.
2.60 a gallon, average price of gas in Philly region.
11 wins for rookie J.A. Happ as the Phillies won last night vs. the Brewers. Happ might be the answer to their bullpen and closer dilemmas.
133 runs batted in for Ryan Howard after knocking in 2 more last night.
He’s now passed Cecil Fielder for the NL lead.
20 home runs for Jimmy Rollins after he went yard last night to break the game open.
1 goal surrendered by Ray Emery as the Flyers won again last night in exhibition hockey play.
25, as in March 25, then the Philadelphia Union will kick off the new MLS season with the first game in team history.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.I thought the Eagles and Andy Reid were desperate before. But offering a workout to Jeremiah Trotter, who they cut two years ago and has not played since 2007? Is Bill Bergey unavailable?
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I Don’t Get It: Mackenzie Phillips. Way too much information. The truth is, I don’t want to know all the tawdry details of her life. And it’s just plain sad that so many people do.
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Today’s Upper: Tonight is the annual vigil by Parents of Murdered Children, to be held at their Memorial Garden in Upper Chichester. It’s good that we never forget those wrested form us by acts of violence.
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Quote Box: “Before they testified … when they put their hands on the Bible, I’m shocked it didn’t burst into flames.”
- Attorney Mark Much, on the tale being told about his client by several teen boys who say they had sex with the woman.