The Daily Numbers: 80 refinery workers who took their case to Harrisburg yesterday.
3 decades, how long union boss Denis Stephano spent at the ConocoPhillips refinery in Trainer before being laid off last week.
2,500 jobs that would be directly affected by shutdown of 3 local refineries.
25,000 ancillary positions that also could be affected across the region by a shutdown.
50 years, how long Vince Donohue has been teaching at Monsignor Bonner High School.
45, age of Radnor man who faces trial in connection with a road-rage incident in which police say he assaulted a female driver while his young child looked on from inside his car.
6 cars damaged in Radnor by someone who is throwing stones from an overpass.
50 table games approved for the new casino going in at King of Prussia. That’s in addition to 600 slot machines.
101-90 vote in the House to OK fee on natural gas drillers in the state, largely along party lines.
7 Democrats voted in favor; 13 Republicans voted against.
4 teens held for trial in Philly for the slaying of a pizza deliveryman who was from Chester.
78 million to $94 million cut, what some educators are saying is included in the Corbett budget.
2 teens sentenced to 4 years in a juvenile facility for the vicious attack on a Vietnam vet.
310 million dollars, how much the Powerball drawing will be worth Saturday night. Nobody hit all the numbers again last night.
37 points for Tony Parker to lead the Spurs to a 100-90 win over the Sixers last night.
22 points for Lou Williams in the loss.
10 days until pitchers and catchers report to Spring Training in Clearwater.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Seems to me the Sixers have problems defending big point guards. Last night it was Tony Parker of the Spurs. Last week it was Deron Williams of the Nets. They feast on the Sixers.
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I Don’t Get It: Nothing new here. The TV folks were hyperventilating all day yesterday about the snow. Anyone have any problems? Didn’t think so.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to refinery workers who are not going away quietly. Yesterday they took their case to Harrisburg and urged Gov. Tom Corbett to get involved in efforts to save jobs here.
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Quote Box: “We need every elected official to get on board.”
- Union official John DeFazio, at yesterday’s rally in the state Capitol.
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