The Daily Numbers: 30 percent dip in beer sales expected by Township Line Beverage in Drexel Hill because the Eagles are not in the playoffs. Talk about crying in your beer.
1 day before the first actual presidential primary, Tuesday in New Hampshire. Then we’ll get a whole new round of punditry and analysis of the horse race. Just 11 months before the election.
61 degrees, where we’re headed for a high today on this second week in January. If this is winter, I’ll take it.
4 people who were in a car that went off a road and down an embankment on Concord Road in Glen Mills Sunday night. No serious injuries were reported.
3 condos destroyed, 11 others damaged when flames roared through a Bucks County complex this morning. Officials say dozens of people have been displaced from their homes at the Crestwood Condos in Bristol.
2 people shot in West Philly Sunday night on the 5700 block of Wyalusing Avenue. Yep, Mayor Nutter has his work cut out for him.
7 firefighters briefly trapped while battling a fire in Wilmington Saturday night. All escaped with minor injuries.
18 year-old woman shot to death in Bridgeville, Del., Sunday night.
1 as in Day One of the Michael Nutter Administration in Philadelphia.
3 new members of Delaware County Council, all Republicans, who will take the oath this morning in Media.
1 million bucks in state aid going to Philadelphia International Airport for their runway expansion project.
26 age of teacher in Coraopolis, Pa., charged with sending nude pictures of herself to a 14-year-old student’s cell phone.
3 people, including a volunteer firefighter, killed Sunday when flames consumed a home in Scranton.
3 new prisons that will not be built as part of a plan to scrap Graterford Prison. Officials have dumped the project.
38 points for Allen Iverson as he lit up his old pals and the Nuggets rolled over the Sixers, 109-96.
0 playoff games for the Eagles, as they sit out the party for the second time in three years.
2 crucial interceptions for former Eagle Jeff Garcia as the Bucs fell to the Giants.
1 Big East win for Villanova men as they evened their league slate with a big win over Pitt.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Please, someone tell me the Giants and Cowboys are not going to play for right to go to the NFC title game. It’s bad enough the Eagles missed the playoffs altogether. Come on Packers!
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I Don’t Get It: Anyone else confused by the dizzying rearranging of the presidential candidates? And all this because they held a caucus in Iowa. Just wild.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Richard Carter. The longtime writer of letters to the editor is profiled in today’s Daily Times. His story can act as an inspiration and blueprint in how to turn one’s life around. Good for him.
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Quote Box: “It looked like a ghost town compared to 1980, just as 1980 looked like a ghost town compared to 1960.”
-- Richard Carter, talking about how the city of Chester looked to him on his return from a stint in jail.
1 day before the first actual presidential primary, Tuesday in New Hampshire. Then we’ll get a whole new round of punditry and analysis of the horse race. Just 11 months before the election.
61 degrees, where we’re headed for a high today on this second week in January. If this is winter, I’ll take it.
4 people who were in a car that went off a road and down an embankment on Concord Road in Glen Mills Sunday night. No serious injuries were reported.
3 condos destroyed, 11 others damaged when flames roared through a Bucks County complex this morning. Officials say dozens of people have been displaced from their homes at the Crestwood Condos in Bristol.
2 people shot in West Philly Sunday night on the 5700 block of Wyalusing Avenue. Yep, Mayor Nutter has his work cut out for him.
7 firefighters briefly trapped while battling a fire in Wilmington Saturday night. All escaped with minor injuries.
18 year-old woman shot to death in Bridgeville, Del., Sunday night.
1 as in Day One of the Michael Nutter Administration in Philadelphia.
3 new members of Delaware County Council, all Republicans, who will take the oath this morning in Media.
1 million bucks in state aid going to Philadelphia International Airport for their runway expansion project.
26 age of teacher in Coraopolis, Pa., charged with sending nude pictures of herself to a 14-year-old student’s cell phone.
3 people, including a volunteer firefighter, killed Sunday when flames consumed a home in Scranton.
3 new prisons that will not be built as part of a plan to scrap Graterford Prison. Officials have dumped the project.
38 points for Allen Iverson as he lit up his old pals and the Nuggets rolled over the Sixers, 109-96.
0 playoff games for the Eagles, as they sit out the party for the second time in three years.
2 crucial interceptions for former Eagle Jeff Garcia as the Bucs fell to the Giants.
1 Big East win for Villanova men as they evened their league slate with a big win over Pitt.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Please, someone tell me the Giants and Cowboys are not going to play for right to go to the NFC title game. It’s bad enough the Eagles missed the playoffs altogether. Come on Packers!
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I Don’t Get It: Anyone else confused by the dizzying rearranging of the presidential candidates? And all this because they held a caucus in Iowa. Just wild.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Richard Carter. The longtime writer of letters to the editor is profiled in today’s Daily Times. His story can act as an inspiration and blueprint in how to turn one’s life around. Good for him.
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Quote Box: “It looked like a ghost town compared to 1980, just as 1980 looked like a ghost town compared to 1960.”
-- Richard Carter, talking about how the city of Chester looked to him on his return from a stint in jail.
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