The Daily Numbers: 10,000 dollars bail for Paul Summers, the GOP operative from Drexel Hill charged yesterday with forging signatures on nominating petitions for then candidate Pat Meehan.
0 charges against anyone else; the A.G.’s office concluded Summers was acting alone.
5 years in prison and $10,000 fine, what Summers faces. Won’t likely happen. He’ll probably get probation and fine.
7 juveniles who remain in custody after their court hearing yesterday in connection with brutal bullying attack on another Upper Darby High School student.
100 foot oak tree in Drexel Hill that toppled in the ice storm.
200,000 people who were without power at one point yesterday during the storm across the region.
7,800 still without power this morning, with 3,500 of those in Bucks County, and only a handful her in Delco.
6,000 flights canceled across the country yesterday as severe winter weather held most of the country in its icy grip.
2 feet of snow that fell on many parts of the Midwest.
77 million dollars to be paid by the Archdiocese of Wilmington to settle sex abuse lawsuits filed against priests by 150 alleged victims.
682,000 dollars ripped off from a retired 85-year-old vet in N.J. by a caregiver.
79, age of man charged with abusing a 7-year-old boy in Del.
3 Sixth Avenue electronics stores closing in the area.
0, as in Juan Castillo’s experience coaching on defensive side of ball in the pros.
16 years, how long he’s been with the Eagles, all coaching offensive tight ends and offensive line.
11 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds for the triple-double for Jrue Holiday as Sixers win again.
45 days until the first day of spring. Don’t forget to take part in the Great Heron’s Nest Snow Prognosticating Contest. Guess the number of measurable snows between now and March 20. I say 9. We’ve had 3, and there is more on the way tonight.
10 days until Phillies pitchers and catchers report to Clearwater.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Don’t buy what your hearing from Eagles and Andy Reid. No one really understands the hiring of Juan Castillo as defensive coordinator.
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I Don’t Get It: I complain a lot about snow. I’ve learned a lesson. Ice is worse.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to both Mark Dambly and Dr. John Laskas for appearing on our inaugural “Live From the Newsroom” show to talk about the Franklin Mint project.
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Quote Box: “I am pleased that the matter has come to a conclusion and that justice will be done.”
- U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan, on charges filed against Paul Summers for forging signatures on his nominating petitions.
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