The Daily Numbers: 36,000 bucks, how much police say a woman from Lansdowne was swindled out of by a man she met on an online dating site.
38 percent of Americans who now say they have used an online dating site, according to a new Pew poll.
59 percent who say it’s a good way to meet people. That’s up from 44 percent in 2005.
25-34, most popular age group for online dating.
16, age of teen shot on Chester street Monday night.
4 DUIs racked up by a Delaware woman who was busted again after a crash on Route 202 that left another woman critically injured.
9, age of boy police say was slugged by his father’s girlfriend during a domestic incident in Upper Darby.
4 council seat in what are always hotly contested races for Darby Borough Council.
14 states that now allow same-sex marriage, after New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie yesterday dropped a potential legal appeal to a court ruling clearing the way for gays to marry.
4 Pa. state universities, including Penn State, who say they should be exempted from the state’s right-to-know law.
1 teacher killed and 2 students wounded by teen gunman in Nevada middle school. The young gunman then took his own life.
12 mass shooting recorded so far across the nation in 2013.
3 times the number of incidents now as there were between 2000 and 2008.
1.9 percent dip in existing home sales in September.
7 point dip in stock market yesterday.
99.92 price for barrel of crude oil yesterday. Good news for home heating oil customers.
1 win for Giants, who broke their skid last night with win over Vikings. They’ll be at the Linc on Sunday to battle the Eagles.
2 injured QBs now for Eagles: Nick Foles has concussion; Michael Vick still nursing balky hamstring.
3 picks thrown in less than a quarter by backup Matt Barkley Sunday.
6 catches for 88 yards for Riley Cooper on Sunday.
104-93 loss for Sixers in preseason play against Cleveland last night.
0 games, how many new Sixers coach expects top draft pick Nerlins Noel to play in this year.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Raise your hand if you think Michael Vick will be under center on Sunday regardless of how much is hamstring is bothering him. Me, too.
I Don’t Get It: The protests continue outside the Springfield home of a man who hung a skeleton from a tree wearing an Obama/Biden T-shirt. The man insists he meant nothing racial by his actions. He certainly is entitled to that belief. It’s the noose - and all the images it conjures up - that is the real problem here. But if he says he is merely exercising his First Amendment rights, I’m not sure he’s in the wrong. I wouldn’t do it, and I don’t think it’s in good taste, but he certainly has that right.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to Delco Republican County Council candidates, who are calling their Democratic foes for declining an invitation from the League of Women Voters to debate unless the entire ticket is included.
Quote Box: “We think that’s silly.”
- Delco Dem spokesman Jed Grobstein, in reply to a charge from Republicans that they backed out of a planned League of Women debate because they are not prepared.
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