The Daily Numbers: 13 years since the 9/11 attacks on America. And we’re still fighting terrorism.
475 American troops headed to the Mideast to serve as advisers and trainers as President Obama announces airstrikes to target ISIL terrorists.
1,000 American troops already on the ground in the region.
154 airstrikes performed by U.S. fighter jets in Iraq so far, damaging or destroying 212 Islamic State targets, including 162 vehicles.
500 million dollars, what it will cost to carry out the plan. The House is expected to vote on the move next week.
2-day strike set by 600 nurses at Crozer-Chester Medical Center on Sunday, Sept. 21.
32 million dollar loss suffered by the Crozer system last year.
5 months of bargaining that has failed to reach an accord. The key issue has been staffing levels at the hospital.
9 year veteran of the Radnor Police Force who took his own life in the department parking lot.
3 people injured in crash involving Springfield School District bus driven by new firm handling bus duties in the district. None of the injuries was believed to be serious.
3 year deal for bus drivers in Upper Darby School District, ending speculation that bus services there also would be outsourced.
2.5 percent pay hike in the 1st 2 years for 61 maintenance workers and 151 transportation employees.
2.2 percent pay hike in year 3.
90 million dollar cash offer for the closed Revel casino in Atlantic City.
190 jobs, 30 percent of its workforce, being cut by the drug firm Auxilium in Chester County.
5 children dead and their father facing charges in Alabama.
50 million pledged to the fight against Ebola by Bill Gates.
54 point spurt for the stock market yesterday.
28.5 million dollar deal for coffee retailer LaColombe, which is planning to open 100 new locations.
9 of April, when a law enforcement source says he sent a copy of the explosive Ray Rice video showing him striking his then-girlfriend to the NFL.
6-3 loss for the Phils to the Bucs last night.
5 innings pitched for former Phil Vance Worley, who picked up the win.
3 runs on 4 hits surrendered by ‘The Vanimal.’
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The NFL is taking a page out of the Penn State playbook, bringing in another former FBI boss to probe how they handled the Ray Rice saga, just as the Nittany Lions did in bringing in Louis Freeh to handle the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
I Don’t Get It: There is one thing that tells me maybe Roger Goodell really had not seen that videotape. It’s the measly 2-week suspension he handed out to Ray Rice. I don’t get it.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to all those who gathered for last night’s annual vigil by the Suicide Task Force in Rose Tree Park. It was especially meaningful coming just a day after a Radnor police veteran took his own life in the department parking lot.
Quote Box: “We have been preparing for the possibility of a strike for several months. A contingency staffing plan is in place.”
- Statement from Crozer-Chester Medical Center on learning its nurses would strike for 2 days starting Sept. 21.
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