The Daily Numbers -- March 10

The Daily Numbers: 125,000 people who lose power in the region during Saturday’s wild wind storm.


450 people in Delaware County who were still without power on Sunday.


20 auto crashes reported on I-95 in Delaware during Saturday’s nasty wind and rain storm.


50,000 signatures needed on petitions for independent candidate Ralph Nader to get on the ballot this fall. Nader is running for president as a third party candidate again.


49.6 percent, the amount of equity average Americans now have in their home. It’s the first time since WWII that the mark has fallen below 50 percent.


4 children killed when flames roared through a Bethlehem row house Sunday.


240 million dollars now up for grabs in the Powerball lottery drawing Wednesday night. No one hit the right combo of numbers Saturday night.


12, age of boy shot dead after apparently finding a gun in their grandmother’s house in Northeast Philadelphia Sunday night. He and another youth were playing with the gun when it went off.


3 rallies on tap for Hillary Clinton in the state this week. She’ll be in Scranton tonight, and move on to both Harrisburg and Philadelphia Tuesday. She’s planning a rally Tuesday night at Temple University.


14 more days, how much longer you have to register to vote in the Pennsylvania Primary or change your registration if you are registered as an Independent.


5 month-old infant believed raped in Greensburg. An 18-year-old man is under arrest.


16, age of Bucks County teen killed in a skiing mishap when he hit a tree at Camelback Resort over the weekend.


70 years of wedded bliss being celebrated by Helen and Bill McCloskey of Chesterbrook. Bravo!


220 thousand dollars in consultant fees already spent by the city of Philadelphia on the troubled Wireless Philadelphia project that is still not up and running.


664,000 dollars believed ripped off from an array of businesses by a Philadelphia woman who headed a non-profit agency.


12 billion dollars a month, what the war in Iraq is expected to cost us in 2008.


7 days spent in the hospital by state Sen. Vince Fumo, D-Philly, after suffering a heart attack. He faces a two-way challenge in the April primary and also is facing trial on federal corruption charges in the fall.


4 straight wins for the Sixers, who blew out the Bucks yesterday in Milwaukee, 119-87.


22 points, a career high, for rookie Thaddeus Young, in leading the suddenly red-hot Sixers.


18 points and 10 rebounds for Samuel Dalembert. That’s his third straight double-double.


7 hits and six runs in two innings for Kyle Kendrick in another shaky exhibition outing yesterday.


2 straight wins for the Soul to open their season in the Arena Football League.


2 PGA Tour victories for West Chester resident and Concord Country Club member Sean O’Hair, who took the title at the PODS Championship in Florida yesterday.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Everyone who is now officially worried about the Phillies pitching, raise your hand. Thought so. This team right now just does not have enough arms. Let’s hope this is addressed before the team gets off to another one of those dreadfully slow starts.
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I Don’t Get It: A man in Berks County has been charged with driving under the influence. Know what he does for a living? He’s the president of a substance abuse facility.


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Today’s Upper: How about all that sunshine last night going on 7 o’clock. Yeah, I know it was cold out, but it’s still a nice sight. Let’s hear it for Daylight Savings Time.


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Quote Box: “I love being Irish, I love Philadelphia, I love my job, I love being here.”

-- Ryan McKeown, a waitress at Kildare’s who was marching in Philly’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade Sunday.

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