The Daily Numbers: 2, as in Day 2 of the shutdown, with no breakthrough on the horizon.
800,000 federal employees furloughed in government shutdown.
150 million dollars a day, how much the shutdown is costing the government.
4 GOP Congressmen, including Rep. Pat Meehan, R-7, who are now pushing a bid for a ‘clean’ bill that would fund the government and not take any stand on Obamacare.
1 Republican, Rep. Charlie Dent, of Allentown, who voted against the original shutdown plan.
2 businesses that suffered heavy damage when a fire roared through them in Darby last night.
10:51 in the morning, when police say a homeless man attacked a woman on the street in Ridley with a boxcutter. They’re still looking for him.
8 candidates seeking posts on Upper Darby School Board.
16,000 dollars in overcharges, what one Sharon Hill councilman says he found in a review of the borough books.
22, age of man who pleaded guilty in a DUI crash in Upper Darby.
72,000 square feet in the new YMCA facility in Haverford.
3 pools at the new place.
80 pieces of workout equipment.
25 million dollars, what it cost to build.
700,000 breast cancer screenings done by the Susan Komen Foundation in 2011.
138-59 vote in the Pa. House against a plan to eliminate property taxes.
62 point spike in the stock market yesterday.
50,000 seasonal workers being hired by Kohl’s.
4,500 jobs being cut by Merck.
1, as in Game 1 of a new season tonight for the Flyers.
16 catches for 297 yards for DeSean Jackson in Eagles 1st 2 games.
5 catches for 96 yards in the last 2 games.
5, where beat writer Rob Parent sees the Flyers finishing in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Orange you glad? Time for another NHL season.
I Don’t Get It: Now Pat Meehan doesn’t want to shut down the government. I would have liked the sound of that a lot more last week.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to U.S. Rep, Charlie Dent. The Republican from Allentown is the only member of his delegation to go against his party in opposing the shutdown of the federal government.
Quote Box: “I came to Washington to fix government, not shut it down.”
- U.S. Rep. Pat Meehan
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