The Daily Numbers -- Jan. 14

The Daily Numbers: 1 to 3 inches of snow. That was the forecast for overnight. Didn’t happen. Want snow? Head to Boston.


2 hours late start this morning for schools out in the Owen J. Roberts School District in Chester County. Exactly why remains something of a mystery.


10 cents, how much more we’re all paying for gasoline over the last three weeks. The national average is now $3.07.


3 people fatally shot by Philadelphia police officers already in the new year.


3 killed in a hit-run accident in North Philadelphia Saturday night.


2 killed when flames swept through home in Salem, N.J., early this morning.


2 children killed in a fire in a house in Collegeville Sunday. Authorities are now saying the blaze appears suspicious.


4 of the top 5 grossing slots operation on the East Coast are now in Pennsylvania, including Harrah’s Chester.


400 million dollars in federal aid that poured into Pennsylvania for homeland security upgrades since 9/11. A new report says the state has done a poor job over overseeing the money.


10 years, how long Comcast Spectacor has been looking at proposal to develop their property around the sports complex. One plan they are now looking at would include a hotel that would sit where the Spectrum now stands. The legendary sports and concert hall would have to be knocked down.


33 percent of Republicans now backing Sen. John McCain in a new national poll. That makes him the leader in the crowded GOP field. Mike Huckabee is second with 18 percent.


42 percent of Democrats in same poll in the Hillary Clinton camp, to 27 percent for Barack Obama.


0 playoff wins for Tony Romo, after his Cowboys were stunned by the Giants yesterday, eliminating them from the NFL playoffs.


2 goals for Mike Knuble in the Flyers 6-4 win over the Capitals in D.C. yesterday.


13 of their last 17 games on the road for the struggling Sixers.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Hey, I’m on record as being a T.O. guy, but even I think he was off the deep end with his weepy-eyed emotional outburst after the Cowboys went down to defeat Sunday against the Giants.
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I Don’t Get It: All together now: Where exactly are the “northern and western suburbs?”


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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Flyers fans, who gave a standing ovation to the family of slain police Officer Chuck Cassidy, as his memory was honored at Saturday’s game.


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Quote Box: “It’s really unfair. That’s my teammate … my quarterback … We lost as a team.”

-- Emotional Terrell Owens after the Cowboys lost to the Giants Sunday in Big D.

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