The Daily Numbers for Wednesday Feb. 13

The Daily Numbers: 52, age of woman facing 1st-degree murder charges in the stabbing death of her 55-year-old husband in their Nether Providence home.

9 students sickened by fumes when a science experiment went awry yesterday afternoon at Villanova University.

600 dollars in fines for former Delco District Judge Kenneth Miller after he pleaded guilty in connection to the Philly Traffic Court ticket-fixing scam.

25 dollar citation with $126.50 in court costs that Miller admitted to getting taken care of for a relative of a court clerk.

3 vacancies on the Marple Newtown School board after a string of resignations.

60 percent of Pennsylvanians who back privatization of liquor sales, according to a new poll by the Commonwealth Foundation.

22, age of Chester resident ID'd as victim of fatal shooting.

6 applicants for the final casino license in Philly that presented their plans to the Gaming Control Board yesterday.

100 million dollars in revenues promised from the venture for state and local tax coffers

1 billion dollars in school funding that Gov. Tom Corbett says would disappear if the Legislature does not go along with his plan to privatize liquor sales in the state.

72 deaths attributed to Superstorm Sandy, making it the deadliest storm to hit the Northeast in 40 years.

650,000 homes destroyed or damaged in the storm

50 billion dollars in damages.

47.46 rise in Dow yesterday, bringing it to 14,018.70, just 146 points from the market's all-time high set in October 2007.

18 percent jump on revenue for Comcast.

16.7 billion dollars the cable giant is shelling out to buy the half of NBCUniversal that it doesn't already own.

3-2 win for Flyers on road against Winnipeg. 68-50 loss for Villanova at Cincinnati.

1st real workouts on tap today for pitchers and catchers in Clearwater.

9 a.m., when single-game tickets for Phillies regular season games go on sale this morning.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan. What a refreshing sight, Chase Utley fielding ground balls out in the field in Clearwater for the Phillies yesterday. And he wasn't even sitting on a chair!

I Don’t Get It: Wny do we have such a struggle with getting people the mental health services they need.

Today’s Upper: Kudos tothe latest poll showing 61 percent of Pennsylvanians polled favor the privatization of liquor sales in the state. We'll drink to that. Quote Box: “She is a very, very peaceful person. In the 25 years I have known her, rage i s the absolute last adjective I would use to describe her." - Bruce Bergwall, longtime friend of Matt White, talking about White's wife Maria Reyes Garcia-Pellon, who is charged with stabbing him to death.

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