The Daily Numbers: 2 of 3 ailing local refineries that can be saved, according to the state Community and Economic Development boss.
700 workers laid off from ConocoPhillips refinery in Trainer.
500 workers who have received pink slips from Sunoco in Marcus Hook.
400 million dollars, possible asking price for South Philly Sunoco refinery. The billionaire owner of United refining Energy Corp. has indicated he might make a bid for the plant.
355,000 barrels of oil a day refined in South Philly.
2 Darby men charged with imprisoning a woman in the basement of a borough home and sexually assaulting her.
24, age of Chadds Ford man who faces DUI charges after he drove his SUV through a barrier and then led police on a high-speed chase across the runways at Philadelphia International Airport.
6 burglaries in Newtown believed to be the work of a Darby man who police said was taking a SEPTA bus out to the Main Line to do his handiwork.
1 million dollar budget shortfall that looms in the Interboro School District.
2.3 percent tax hike would do the trick, but the board does not want to go that route.
7.6 percent jobless rate in Pa. in January. That’s down again.
3.90 percent, average rate now being offered on 30-year mortgage.
100 birds found in apparent cockfighting ring in Philly.
1 billion dollar pipeline being proposed to move natural gas from the Marcellus shale region of Pa. to Philly region.
42, age of woman now being held in connection with buttocks injections. Several women have taken ill after the procedures, and one died.
8 to 17, age of alleged victims in the charges filed against former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky.
75, age of Philly man now being freed after he was acquitted of murder charges stemming from 1966 shooting. The paralyzed victim died in 2007.
9.4 million dollar payday for DeSean Jackson after Eagles placed franchise tag on him yesterday.
6-3 win for the Flyers over the Isles last night.
50 years ago today that Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points against the New York Knicks in a game played in Hershey, Pa.
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Today’s Upper: If anyone needs a glimmer of good news, it is local refinery workers. That’s what they got yesterday with word that a potential buyer is interested in Sunoco’s South Philly refinery, and a Pa. official saying he believes two of the three local refineries can be saved.
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Quote Box: “I am confident that there’s a high likelihood that we can save two of the three refineries.”
- C. Alan Walker, state secretary of Community and Economic Development, in testimony yesterday in Harrisburg.
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