The Daily Numbers - Feb. 15

The Daily Numbers: 89, age of former Delaware County President Judge Francis Catania, who died over the weekend. He sat on the bench for 28 years.
2-4 inches of snow, what’s in the forecast for later tonight and into tomorrow. Just what we need.
9 Delco school districts taking part in the ‘Race to the Top’ program, which will mean more funds in exchange for meeting certain benchmarks.
10 years serving on the Nether Providence Board of Commissioners for John Kennedy. He stepped down last week.
12 romantic couples who tied the knot at Yerkes Wedding Salon in East Lansdowne on Sunday, Valentine’s Day.
8 year old murder solved in Yeadon with the arrest of a Philadelphia man in the slaying of a borough resident back in 2001.
2 dead, 2 injured in crash in Lower Frederick Township, Montgomery County, on Sunday.
50,000 customers who lost Internet service over the weekend in the Reading area.
2.76 a gallon, what we’re paying on average for gas in the Philly region. That’s down 2 cents from the previous week.
22, age of man killed when his pickup truck went off a bridge and into a creek in Bucks County.
84, age of woman found dead in her South Philadelphia home, which had not heat. Police said the home was littered with trash and thousands of empty cans of cat food.
41, age of woman in Port Richmond section of Philly police say was killed by her father after they argued about her loud conversations.
14, age of teen attacked by another group of teens on the Broad Street subway line.
100 9th and 10th grade girls involved in a brawl Friday at Central Dauphin East High School in Harrisburg.
35 feet, how far woman jumped into a hospital parking lot as she was being escorted to jail in Mount Lebanon, Pa.
0 injuries Sunday when the roof of an ice rink collapsed in western Pa. Teams taking part in a tournament were in their locker rooms at the time.
108,713 people packed into Cowboys Stadium in Dallas last night for the NBA All-Star Game.
2 delays in Sunday’s Daytona 500 caused by a pothole. The race was delayed 2 hours, 24 minutes.
2 days until pitchers and catchers report to spring training for the Phillies in Clearwater, Fla.

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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Roy Halladay is on the cover of this week’s Sporting News baseball preview edition. They call him the new ace of the National League. Bring on spring!
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I Don’t Get It: We’re supposed to get more snow tonight. Just what we need.
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Today’s Upper: Look at it this way. By now our muscles should be tightly toned from all this shoveling. No? OK, never mind. But don’t put that shovel away just yet. We might need it again tonight.
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Quote Box: “He was proud of being a judge, very proud of that. It was an accomplishment of a lifetime.”
- Daughter of former county President Judge Francis Catania, who died over the weekend.

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