The Daily Numbers: 30 minutes, how long it took for phone lines to light up last night with info on suspect in Kensington Strangler case. Good.
3 DNA matches that link 21-year-old Antonio Rodriguez to the attacks and murders of 3 women.
2 men who face charges in a wild bar brawl in Upper Darby.
21, age of Chester woman charged with slashing the face of another woman during an altercation at Tri-State Mall in Claymont.
38,000 square feet of space at the Glen Eagle Shopping Center in Concord that was home to Genuardi’s that will now be home to a new Whole Foods store.
1 inch of snow recorded around Delco. The big problem this morning is ice, which is coating everything after the snow turned to rain overnight.
3, age of boy found dead in a home in the Roxborough section of Philadelphia. His mother’s 27-year-old boyfriend has been charged with beating the child to death.
2 cars that struck and killed a man on a Torresdale street. Neither bothered to stop.
1 cent slot machine at Borgata in Atlantic City that paid out $4.2 million in jackpots to 2 winner. One man hit for $3.5 million, while a 2nd cashed for $700,000.
2 days, how long it took fired Eagles defensive coordinator Sean McDermott to find a new job. He’s got the same gig in Carolina.
1 fewer candidate for defensive coordinator for Eagles. Looks like Jim Mora Jr. is taking a job in Denver.
8, as in No. 8 UConn, which won a barnburner against Villanova yesterday, 61-59.
28 points for Corey Fisher to lead Villanova. The ‘Cats now face No. 3 Syracuse on Saturday. The Orange were upset yesterday by Pitt.
37.6 seconds left in yesterday’s Sixers-Bobcats game when Andre Iguodala hit the game winner in OT.
16 points, 10 rebounds for Iguodala.
26 days until pitchers and catchers report to Clearwater for Phillies.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Hot stove talk or griping about Eagles? That’s a no-brainer. Nobody whines like Eagles fans. We still don’t have that bitter taste out of our mouths. And we likely won’t until training camp. Get used to it.
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I Don’t Get It: The main roads are for the most part passable. That is, if you can get to them. The side roads and developments are like skating rinks.
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Today’s Upper: Let’s hear it for Yang Ming, out on the Main Line. The Bryn Mawr eatery has been named best Chinese restaurant in the United States by Chinese Restaurant News. How’s that for a fortune cookie?
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Quote Box: “It’s very uplifting to see everybody from the community celebrating this day.”
- Juanita Weeks at yesterday’s celebration of the Martin Luther King Jr.
Holiday at the Widener Rotaract Club.
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