The Daily Numbers: 385 workers at the Conoco Phillips refinery in Trainer who are getting layoff notices.
2 shifts got the word yesterday, 2 more will hear today.
175,000 barrels a day, how much crude the nearby Sunoco refinery handled. Now there’s word investors may be willing to operate the facility as a refinery, saving hundreds of jobs.
8-0 vote by the Chester Upland School Board to reject the application for a charter school from Chester Upland School of the Arts.
20,000 dollar reward being put up by city of Philadelphia for information on murders.
500 dollars for info on anyone with an illegal gun.
8 years in jail for Bucks County hoax mom Bonnie Sweeten.
1 million dollars, how much she stole from friends and co-workers.
48, age of Ukrainian ice hockey coach charged with molesting one of his players.
65, age of man who shot 2 teens who tried to rob him as he rode his bike in Reading.
42 percent responding to poll who now support firing of Joe Paterno. That’s down from 55 percent in November.
76 million dollars in earnings in the quarter for Sunoco Logistics.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Joe Paterno is gone. The Penn State story is not. This one is not going away for a long time.
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I Don’t Get It: I’m not quite sure I’m ready to back raising money for schools by keeping the bars open an extra hour, until 3 a.m.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to Upper Darby Officer Ray Blohm, who was awarded a federal medal and accepted it in the name of slain Upper Darby Officer Dennis McNamara. Class move.
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Quote Box: “Hopefully someone will buy it, but I’m not expecting to come back.”
- Laid-off ConocoPhillips employee Rich Wright Jr.
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