The Daily Numbers: 0, number of African Americans to take the oath of office as president of the United States. That changes today.
2,000,000 people expected to be on hand in the nation’s capital for today’s inaugural festivities.
44th president of the United States, Barack Obama.
140 miles from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. Every bus, car and train will be jam-packed in an effort to get to witness history today.
1929, when they opened to door to Our Lady of Peace School in Milmont Park. The school will close its doors forever at the end of the current school year because of declining enrollment.
100 students per class, what jammed the archdiocesan school during its heyday. It had 121 students total this year.
3,700 dollars a year, how much it cost to send a child to Our Lady of Peace this year.
3 police-involved shootings of suspects recorded in Philadelphia in just the past two weeks.
5 suspects being sought in a fatal home invasion in the Belmont section of West Philadelphia.
23 vehicles involved in a crash after a tractor-trailer jackknifed on I-78 near Hamburg, Pa., yesterday. The interstate was closed for 6 hours yesterday afternoon.
1 of 2 controversial slots casinos planned for downtown Philadelphia. The Foxwoods resort said it is moving ahead with a plan to put the facility in the Gallery at Market East shopping center. It is being opposed by Chinatown residents.
37, age of woman suing Jet Blue Airways, claiming a male employee denied her a work-related flight because she wasn’t dressed provocatively enough.
95,000 a year, state salary for former state rep in job set up by Gov. Rendell at a time of a state hiring freeze.
2 key members of the Eagles staff that Joe Banner says will be back next year. Those would be Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb.
12 million dollar, 3-year deal for key Phillies relief setup man Ryan Madson.
7 game winning streak of the Sixers snapped with yesterday’s buzzer-beater by Mavericks’ star Dirk Nowitzki.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
They are the two words that lurk in the head of every Eagles fan crying in their beers over still another loss in an NFC Championship Game. Now what?
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I Don’t Get It: Philly fans get a bad rap. Consider this story from Phoenix. Donovan McNabb’s front yard at his home in Chandler, Az., last week had a message burned into it that said, “Go Cards.” That probably won’t make the national news. Can you imagine the hue and cry if that had happened here?
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Today’s Upper: There really is only one word for what is going to happen today: History. Enjoy it.
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Quote Box: “His dream is coming true. This is our opportunity to give back in appreciation of that.”
-- Penn Wood High School senior Dominque Grasty, taking part in day of service activities yesterday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
2,000,000 people expected to be on hand in the nation’s capital for today’s inaugural festivities.
44th president of the United States, Barack Obama.
140 miles from Philadelphia to Washington, D.C. Every bus, car and train will be jam-packed in an effort to get to witness history today.
1929, when they opened to door to Our Lady of Peace School in Milmont Park. The school will close its doors forever at the end of the current school year because of declining enrollment.
100 students per class, what jammed the archdiocesan school during its heyday. It had 121 students total this year.
3,700 dollars a year, how much it cost to send a child to Our Lady of Peace this year.
3 police-involved shootings of suspects recorded in Philadelphia in just the past two weeks.
5 suspects being sought in a fatal home invasion in the Belmont section of West Philadelphia.
23 vehicles involved in a crash after a tractor-trailer jackknifed on I-78 near Hamburg, Pa., yesterday. The interstate was closed for 6 hours yesterday afternoon.
1 of 2 controversial slots casinos planned for downtown Philadelphia. The Foxwoods resort said it is moving ahead with a plan to put the facility in the Gallery at Market East shopping center. It is being opposed by Chinatown residents.
37, age of woman suing Jet Blue Airways, claiming a male employee denied her a work-related flight because she wasn’t dressed provocatively enough.
95,000 a year, state salary for former state rep in job set up by Gov. Rendell at a time of a state hiring freeze.
2 key members of the Eagles staff that Joe Banner says will be back next year. Those would be Andy Reid and Donovan McNabb.
12 million dollar, 3-year deal for key Phillies relief setup man Ryan Madson.
7 game winning streak of the Sixers snapped with yesterday’s buzzer-beater by Mavericks’ star Dirk Nowitzki.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
They are the two words that lurk in the head of every Eagles fan crying in their beers over still another loss in an NFC Championship Game. Now what?
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I Don’t Get It: Philly fans get a bad rap. Consider this story from Phoenix. Donovan McNabb’s front yard at his home in Chandler, Az., last week had a message burned into it that said, “Go Cards.” That probably won’t make the national news. Can you imagine the hue and cry if that had happened here?
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Today’s Upper: There really is only one word for what is going to happen today: History. Enjoy it.
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Quote Box: “His dream is coming true. This is our opportunity to give back in appreciation of that.”
-- Penn Wood High School senior Dominque Grasty, taking part in day of service activities yesterday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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