The Daily Numbers: 3 alarm fire that roared through row homes in Darby Township Monday morning.
11 people who lost their homes just days before Thanksgiving.
2 pit bull puppies, one of them blind, who have found a new home with a Springfield couple.
4.89 percent tax hike in Haverford’s preliminary budget.
5 percent spike in taxes on tap in Springfield.
0 tax hike in both Upland and Aston.
3rd degree murder conviction for a New Jersey woman charged in shooting death of her husband in Chester 2 years ago.
3 Delco pols singled out for praise by Gov. Tom Corbett as he put his signature on $2.3 billion transportation funding package near Norristown yesterday.
5 to 9 cent increase in price of gallon of gas due to uncapping the Oil Franchise Tax under the law.
2 lanes to 4 for Route 322 Conchester Highway, 1 of the projects to be funded under the plan.
30 percent increase in childhood poverty in Delco since 2008, according to new study from Public Citizens for Children and Youth.
21,000 children here living in poverty.
16.7 percent of all kids in the county.
50 percent of those living in deep poverty - $11,755 for a family of 4.
15,000 dollars being considered by the Ridley commissioner to check out traffic for a proposed Wawa at MacDade Boulevard and Route 420.
50 counts of possession of child porn filed against a Ridley Township man.
6 people killed and another 13 wounded in building collapse last summer in Philadelphia. The contractor who was doing the demolition now faces murder charges.
0.3 percent increase in salary for state elected officials.
84,012 dollars a year, the starting salary for new state reps.
206,032 dollars a year for the chief justice of the Supreme Court; $200205 for the other justices.
187,818 dollars a year salary for the governor.
4 people, including superintendent of schools, now charged in Steubenville, Ohio, rape case that involved high school football players.
3-1 loss for the Flyers to the Florida Panthers last night.
500 million dollars, what the Flyers are worth, according to Forbes magazine. That puts them in 7th position.
13,555 average attendance so far for the Sixers. That means they’re dead last in the NBA in attendance.
21,906 for the Chicago Bulls, sitting atop the heap.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
This week Jeff Lurie gets a look at a coach he passed on - Arizona head man Bruce Arians. He’s no stranger to the Linc - he coached the Temple Owls.
I Don’t Get It: A judge dismissed the bid for a new trial by a woman who was suing Lehigh University because she got a C on an exam. Good.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to the funding included in that $2.3 billion transportation bill that will go to fixing the Killer Conchester - Route 322.
Quote Box: “Voting for this bill was not an easy decision.”
- Gov. Tom Corbett, on vote to OK transportation funding.
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