The Daily Numbers: 116 bucks, how much the Delco SPCA wants to charge towns for stray animal costs. That’s up from $25, a 450 percent increase.
1,600 dollar reward handed out to the person who came forward with information that led to arrest in the death of Cuddles the cat.
26,000 dollars and change, how much has rolled into our annual Merry Christmas Fund. We’re on our way to our goal of $50,000.
40,000 dollars worth of goods bought by a guy from Upper Darby who police now think is responsible for a massive ID theft ring. As many as 1,000 people tied to UPenn Hospital may have fallen victim to him.
85 million dollar deal to bring a movie studio to Chester Township that is “very close” to being a done deal.
1.08 million that Radnor Township now wants back from their former manager. They’ve filed suit against him in court.
1 more charge filed against the woman who police say offered sex for World Series tickets. After her preliminary hearing, Susan Finkelstein now faces a prostitution charge as well.
28, age of man found shot to death outside the Mariott Residence Inn Hotel in southwest Philly early this morning.
4 malnourished horses and a goat seized when police raided an illegal barn in West Philly.
92 million dollars, value of Powerball drawing Saturday after no one had all the winning numbers drawn last night.
250 million dollar hole in state budget that isn’t going anywhere because the Senate failed to OK a bill expanding gambling in the state to allow table games at slots parlors.
9 current and former city workers who now face theft charges after police say they were literally cleaning out homeowners in a program designed to help them stay in their homes.
2 more months in prison for the Bucks County woman who admitting faking her abduction. Bonnie Sweeten will go free on home monitoring in February.
2 Cy Young winners who are trading teams. Roy Halladay is coming to the Phils. Cliff Lee is going to the Mariners.
7 prospects who parted the Phils in the two deals that brought Lee here last summer, and Halladay this week.
15.75 million dollars, how much Halladay is scheduled to make next year.
36 points for LeBron James as the Cavs beat the Sixers last night, 108-101.
4 point lead for the Sixers with 5:50 to play. They couldn’t hold on.
2 clutch 3-pointers for James in the final minutes as he took over the game.
26 points for Andre Iguodala to lead the Sixers; Allen Iverson added 16.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Thanks to Roy Halladay, baseball season arrived early in Philly. Much to the chagrin, no doubt, of the Eagles. Who do they play again on Sunday?
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I Don’t Get It: The folks in Harrisburg just can’t get out of their own way. Don’t look for a deal to give the green light on table games until early 2010. And that means there is still a huge hole in the state budget. These guys just don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Our kudos to the Suter family, who had something of a family reunion yesterday when the state trooper visited his kids’
classrooms on his arrival back from a tour in Iraq. What a great Christmas present.
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Quote Box: “We’re not trying to fleece you on this, we’re trying to stay in business.”
- Marcia Noa of the Delco SPCA, on new fees to handle animals brought to the facility