The Daily Numbers: 24 hour extension between the NFL owners and players.
3 months until the Delco SPCA gets out of the animal control business.
11 Delco municipalities that have not yet signed new deals with the SPCA, including higher fees, for animal control.
5 car crash that shut down I-95 South in Upper Chi for much of the afternoon yesterday.
4-time DUI suspect from Ridley who is due in court this morning as the D.A. seeks to have his bail revoked.
10 participants honored yesterday at the new Delco Drug Court Program.
8.2 percent jobless rate in Pennsylvania after the state added 6,000 jobs in January.
18 cent hike in the cost of gasoline in the Philly region since Feb. 1.
3.39 a gallon, what we’re paying on average for gas.
2.01 percent dip in slots revenue at Harrah’s Chester in February, compared to same month last year.
24,239,368.81, how much Harrah’s raked in, that’s 2nd only behind Parx in Bucks County.
23 percent jump in slots revenue across the state from January, when we were battered by a series of snow storms.
42, age of teacher in New Jersey charged with having inappropriate sexual conversations with teen student.
2 more deaths of pet dogs on South Jersey that are suspected of being caused by tainted meat left out on a trail.
10,000 in cash stolen during a home invasion in Wissahickon section of Philly.
2 straight losses for the Flyers, who fell to the Leafs last night.
16 days until the first day of spring. Here’s where we stand in the Great Heron’s Nest Snow Prognosticating Event. I said we’d have 9 snows before March 20. We’ve had 4, but this is one bet I’d gladly lose.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.You heard it hear first. Cole Hamels, pitching against the other team’s No. 4 pitcher most of the season, wins the NL Cy Young Award.
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I Don’t Get It: How exactly does one get to the point where you register
0.62 on a breathalyzer.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Army Sgt. 1st Class Jim Manzi and his rescue mission with Sgt. Sneezy, an injured dog that he brought back with him from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. Welcome to the USA, Sgt. Sneezy
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Quote Box: “We named him Sgt. Sneezy because it’s really dusty in Afghanistan and he was always sneezing.”
- Sgt. 1st Class Jim Manzi, of Ridley Park.
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