The Daily Numbers: 4, age of little Marcia Reyes, who was tossed off a bridge to her death by her father, Angel Reyes, back in 1993. Angel Reyes has gotten something his daughter did not, a stay from execution.
30,000 dollars, how much a Glenolden couple turned over to a contractor for home repairs. The job was never completed and he now faces charges.
4.14, 4.76, 4.60 and 2.5 percent raises for teachers in the Rose Tree Media School District in a fact-finder’s report. Both the teachers and school board nixed the proposal.
10, age of student at St. Eugene School in Primos who was detained by police after he took a knife to school.
400 jobs now gone for good with Sunoco’s decision to make the closure of their Eagle Point refinery in New Jersey permanent.
100 dollar increase in the awards for home heating help set by the state’s LIHEAP program.
6-12 inches of snow likely heading our way Friday night into Saturday.
Swell.
27 of June, date for the Philadelphia Union’s first MLS game to be played in their new stadium in Chester.
8 of 10 and 10 of 12 of their first games the Union will play on the road as work is completed on their stadium.
3 home invasion suspects now in custody after a standoff with police in North Philadelphia.
17, age of driver in Wilmington now charged in hit-run that took the life of a 9-year-old boy.
100 furniture store owners left out in the cold when a Chester County furniture store, At Home Furniture, abruptly closed its doors.
1 elderly woman killed and another injured when fire raced through their Pitman, N.J., home.
64, age of man killed in a fire in his Ardmore home. Police believe he may have been smoking in bed.
2 Philadelphia police officers injured when a man they were trying to stop reversed his vehicle into them as he fled.
140 million dollars up for grabs in Saturday’s Powerball drawing after no one hit again on Wednesday.
250,000 dollar winning ticket in the Mega Millions drawing sold at an Acme Market in North Philadelphia.
0 goals for the Flyers as they fall on the road at Edmonton.
17 seconds left in regulation when the Oilers scored on the power play for the 1-0 win.
25 points for Andre Iguodala, 26 for Elton Brand to lead the Sixers to an OT win over the Chicago Bulls.
2 straight wins for the Sixers. They have not won 3 in a row yet this year.
13 days until pitchers and catchers report to Phillies spring training in Clearwater on Feb. 17.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.The region’s new MLS team, the Union, should consider a name change.
They will play 8 of their first 10 games on the road while they wait for work on their new stadium to be completed. Maybe they should be called the Road Warriors.
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I Don’t Get It: Angel Reyes got still another reprieve from a date with death for throwing his 4-year-old daughter to her death from a Chester bridge. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Who needs teams in the Super Bowl. We have Wing Bowl.
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Quote Box: “What this is doing is forcing senior citizens to sell their homes and move in with their children or move elsewhere for lower cost living.
- Rose Tree Media resident William Evans, on contract standoff between school board and teachers union.
30,000 dollars, how much a Glenolden couple turned over to a contractor for home repairs. The job was never completed and he now faces charges.
4.14, 4.76, 4.60 and 2.5 percent raises for teachers in the Rose Tree Media School District in a fact-finder’s report. Both the teachers and school board nixed the proposal.
10, age of student at St. Eugene School in Primos who was detained by police after he took a knife to school.
400 jobs now gone for good with Sunoco’s decision to make the closure of their Eagle Point refinery in New Jersey permanent.
100 dollar increase in the awards for home heating help set by the state’s LIHEAP program.
6-12 inches of snow likely heading our way Friday night into Saturday.
Swell.
27 of June, date for the Philadelphia Union’s first MLS game to be played in their new stadium in Chester.
8 of 10 and 10 of 12 of their first games the Union will play on the road as work is completed on their stadium.
3 home invasion suspects now in custody after a standoff with police in North Philadelphia.
17, age of driver in Wilmington now charged in hit-run that took the life of a 9-year-old boy.
100 furniture store owners left out in the cold when a Chester County furniture store, At Home Furniture, abruptly closed its doors.
1 elderly woman killed and another injured when fire raced through their Pitman, N.J., home.
64, age of man killed in a fire in his Ardmore home. Police believe he may have been smoking in bed.
2 Philadelphia police officers injured when a man they were trying to stop reversed his vehicle into them as he fled.
140 million dollars up for grabs in Saturday’s Powerball drawing after no one hit again on Wednesday.
250,000 dollar winning ticket in the Mega Millions drawing sold at an Acme Market in North Philadelphia.
0 goals for the Flyers as they fall on the road at Edmonton.
17 seconds left in regulation when the Oilers scored on the power play for the 1-0 win.
25 points for Andre Iguodala, 26 for Elton Brand to lead the Sixers to an OT win over the Chicago Bulls.
2 straight wins for the Sixers. They have not won 3 in a row yet this year.
13 days until pitchers and catchers report to Phillies spring training in Clearwater on Feb. 17.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.The region’s new MLS team, the Union, should consider a name change.
They will play 8 of their first 10 games on the road while they wait for work on their new stadium to be completed. Maybe they should be called the Road Warriors.
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I Don’t Get It: Angel Reyes got still another reprieve from a date with death for throwing his 4-year-old daughter to her death from a Chester bridge. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Who needs teams in the Super Bowl. We have Wing Bowl.
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Quote Box: “What this is doing is forcing senior citizens to sell their homes and move in with their children or move elsewhere for lower cost living.
- Rose Tree Media resident William Evans, on contract standoff between school board and teachers union.
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