The Daily Numbers: 10 a.m., when a few tickets for the Eagles-Packers NFC Wild Card Game go on sale.
15 minutes, over under on how long they’ll last. They’re only available online and by the phone.
8.016 mills tax rate in Ridley Township. That means no tax hike for residents.
0 hike in taxes, or in the sewer and trash fees in Ridley Park as well.
9 percent tax hike in Newtown. That’s 6 of the last 7 years taxes have gone up in the township.
116 dollars per animal. How much it will cost Bethel Township to have stray animals accepted at the Delco SPCA.
2 new reps from Delco among the 32 who will be sworn into office in Harrisburg today. Joe Hackett and Margo Davidson assume the 161st and 164th District seats, respectively.
330 million dollars up for grabs tonight in the Mega Millions lottery jackpot.
50 billion dollars, how much Facebook is believed to be worth, making it worth more than many corporate titans such as Boeing.
66, age of John Wheeler III, an honored veteran whose body was found dumped in a Delaware landfill. His death has been ruled a homicide.
1 dead, 2 injured in a head-on collision in Cherry Hill, N.J. , last night.
17, age of teen injured while igniting a bonfire in his backyard in Claymont, Del.
82, age of man in Delaware who held a group of bandits at gunpoint until police arrived after they stole a bunch of stuff from his Christiana home.
2 workers suspended at Philly homeless shelter after a baby was starved to death there. The mother faces criminal charges.
191 million dollars more than expected collected in Pa. tax revenue.
That’s an 8.4 percent uptick.
10-6 vs. 10-6, when the Eagles face off against the Packers Sunday in the NFC Wild Card game.
3,018 yards passing this year for Michael Vick, a career best.
21 touchdowns passing and another 9 rushing for Vick.
3-5 mark for the Sixers on their road trip. They lost to New Orleans last night, 84-77.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Would Andy Reid actually consider pulling Michael Vick if he does not play well Sunday? I’ll believe that one when I see it, sort of what I said before Reid made the decision to make Vick the starter over Kevin Kolb earlier this year.
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I Don’t Get It: An AP story indicates Pennsylvania is allowing contaminated water created in the “fracking” process by which natural gas is extracted from the ground to be dumped and eventually make its way into waterway. Or pretty much exactly what many people feared would happen.
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Today’s Upper: Let’s hear it for 82-year-old Joe Harper of Christiana, Del., who confronted the thieves who had just robbed his house and held them at gunpoint until police arrived.
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Quote Box: “It’s long overdue … I just think it’s archaic that you can’t go into any supermarket or package store and you have to find a state store. It’s just very tiresome.
- Barbara Florio of Upper Providence, on her support for move to sell off the state stores and turn the operation over to private enterprise in Pa.
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