The Daily Numbers for Friday, Dec. 20

The Daily Numbers: 3,000 Delco residents who are staring at the possible cutoff of their federal extended unemployment benefits.

7.3 percent unemployment rate in Delaware County.

7.5 percent unemployment rate across the state.

268,000 employed across the county.

500 million dollars from that recent transportation package approved by the Pa. Legislature that is set to go to public transportation.

10,000 passengers who use the Media-Elwyn regional rail line ever day. That line is due for a major upgrade. 60 million to be spent to rehab the deteriorating Crum Creek Bridge in Swarthmore.

30 minutes, how long it took a jury in Media to convict a Ridley woman of making a straw gun purchase.

52, age of man from Chester Township who faces charges of corruption of minors.

935 dollars that poured into the Merry Christmas Fund yesterday, bringing the total raised to $15,212. The goal is $60,000.

0 tax hike in the Darby Borough budget. No tax hike in Marcus Hook or Concord either.

75 properties recently reassessed for one property owner in the Lower Chichester area, including 30 in the township.

77 counts of ID theft filed against a Secane man.

72 degrees, expected high temperature on Sunday. It would break the record of 68 for the day.

80 people injured in collapse of part of a packed theatre in London.

5 soldiers killed in crash of helicopter in Afghanistan.

11 point gain for the stock market yesterday.

4.47 percent interest rate, the average rate on 30-year mortgage.

5 goals scored by the Flyers in the 3rd period last night to rally for a 5-4 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets.

2 goals - to tie the game and then win it - for Claude Giroux.

Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.

Who would have thought that a Sunday night Eagles game in late December would be accompanied by 60-degree temperatures, 2 weeks after they played an epic snow bowl on the same field.

I Don’t Get It: Straw gun purchases. Don’t do it.

Today’s Upper: Kudos to the beauty of Christmas at Longwood. It’s a long tradition in the region.

Quote Box: “Extending unemployment insurance will help those actively seeking work and provide a jolt to the gross domestic product as we move in the new year.”

- U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr.

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