The Daily Numbers: 50 years, how long they have been celebrating Veterans Day in Media. Unfortunately it looks like it might rain on their parade. No doubt that won’t stop them.
20 years, how long Harry Kalas served as the emcee of the Media Veterans Day Parade.
18, age of teen from Ambler who was driving the SUV at a high rate of speed on Route 352 in Middletown yesterday when he allegedly ran a red light and slammed into a car, killing a 33-year-old Upper Providence man.
100 mph, how fast the teen was believed to be driving at some points after he was first spotted by police going too fast in a school zone in Parkside Borough.
34 years, how long Tom Judge Sr. served as head of the Republican Party in Delaware County. He officially stepped down last night when Andy Reilly took the helm.
2 people, a son and his mother, facing charges in Upper Darby in connection with the brutal stomping of a man outside a township bar that is right across the street from the police station.
13, age of girl in Bethel Township who reported that a man wearing a mask and wielding a knife tried to abduct her yesterday.
100,000 dollars, how much a former employee is believed to have ripped off from a business in Collingdale.
34 million dollar loss reported by Sunoco in the 3rd quarter. They are continuing cost-cutting measures, including freezing pensions and phasing out medical coverage for retirees.
42 percent increase in contracts for homes reported by Toll Brothers in the quarter, but revenue is still down.
6.5 percent dip in revenue reported by casinos in Atlantic City. That’s actually being considered good news, less than losses in recent months.
32, age of high school teachers in South Jersey charged with sexually assaulting a high school student.
2 more death in New Jersey being attributed to swine flu.
850,000 in restitution that a defunct New Jersey wedding photographer owes his former clients after pleading guilty to not delivering his work.
3 Philadelphia bank heists that are believed to be the work of the same robbery suspect.
30 inch water pipe that burst this morning in Southwest Philly, flooding streets and some basements.
2 people hurt, 24 homeless and 16 units damaged when fire swept through a condo complex overnight in Cherry Hill, N.J.
28 and 27, age of man and woman in Dover who face charges after police found their newborn in a trash dumpster. They say the baby was stillborn.
79 percent of what men make, what women in Pa. earn, according to a new study.
4 percent dip in travel expected by airlines this Thanksgiving.
21, age of partner in Delaware glass-blowing business who is wanted for the stabbing of his partner after an argument.
60 counts of child porn lodged against a Delaware man who sometimes portrayed Santa and who ran photography business that specialized in child portraits.
1.3 million dollars, what it might cost Pa. for a recount of a very close race for state Superior Court.
35,000 folks in Pa. who might get extension of their jobless benefits.
16 million dollars in signing bonuses that a judge ruled Michael Vick does not have to pay back to the Atlanta Falcons.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.The Phillies are throwing cold water on some reports that they might be willing to part with Cole Hamels to get Roy Halladay. I don’t blame them. I think Hamels bounces back big time next year when he doesn’t have nearly the distractions he faced after being both the World Series and NLCS MVP last year.
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I Don’t Get It: A pilot was pulled from the cockpit of a U.S-bound flight in London before he could take off and charged with being drunk.
It was the second time it’s happened recently.
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Today’s Upper: Let’s hear it for Danny Murtaugh, the pride of Chester and Ridley who will be on the ballot for consideration by the Hall of Fame Veterans Committee in December.
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Quote Box: “Delaware County has been the envy of all the counties – there are 67 counties in this great commonwealth – we’ve always been on top and I ask you to do me one favor, and that is keep us there.
- Tom Judge Sr., outgoing leader of the Delco GOP, on handing the reins to Andy Reilly last night.