The Daily Numbers -- Nov. 12

The Daily Numbers: 2 new franchises that were expected to be announced this week by Major League Soccer. One is going to Seattle. The other was expected to be in Chester. That announcement now has been delayed.

115 million dollars, what the project is worth that will build a stadium along the Chester waterfront to be the new home for the soccer franchise.

30 million dollars, amount Delaware County is ready to invest in the project.

2 brothers and veterans who were remembered yesterday during a re-enactment of a Civil War burial at Darby Methodist Meeting Cemetery.

2:30 a.m., that’s when a dance broke up on the campus of Villanova University early Sunday, and several scuffles escalated into gunshots. No one was injured and police continue to investigate.

6 hours, how long the Widener campus in Chester was locked down after a threatening note was discovered on Friday.

1 person killed and another 5 injured in a nasty crash on Route 896 in Delaware Sunday morning.

7 hours, how long the Schuylkill Expressway was closed westbound near the King of Prussia Mall Sunday afternoon when a tractor-trailer flipped over.

3.18 minutes, that’s how much time has been shaved off the average flight delay at Philadelphia International Airport in the last couple years.

3 more homicides in Philadelphia tied to a series of shootings over the weekend. One person was arrested.

3 touchdown passes for Donovan McNabb yesterday in the Birds’ come-from-behind win over the Redskins.

57 yards Westbrook scampered through the Redskins after taking in a screen pass from McNabb in what is easily the highlight of the season so far.

0 wins for the Dolphins, who come to the Linc next Sunday.

0 losses for the Patriots, who will host the Eagles in 2 weeks in a Sunday night game in New England.

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This Eagles team continues to bore me. Maybe I’m getting old, but I continue to sit inside and wonder why I am wasting another gorgeous Sunday afternoon watching this dreck the team is offering its fans.

I Don’t Get It: What’s going on with our colleges? Friday a threatening note shut down Widener. Early Sunday morning gunshots rang out on the Villanova campus.

Today’s Upper: A huge thumb’s up to all those taking part in today’s huge Veterans Day Parade in Media.

Quote Box: "The Civil War defined us as a nation. Before the Civil War, people referred to the United States in plural terms. We became one nation after that."

-- Kevin Gavin, on the re-enactment held at a Collingdale cemetery Sunday for two Civil War brothers.

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