The Daily Numbers: 600 members or nurses union who are doing 2 days of picketing outside Crozer-Chester Medical Center as a contract dispute drags on.
12:15 p.m., when a man riding a bike was shot in the head in Chester.
123,321 jobs gained in Pa. since 2011, according to state Reps. Bill Adolph and Joe Hackett, who held a press conference yesterday to herald the news.
6,900 jobs gained here in Delaware County.
5.7 percent unemployment rate in the state, that’s down 2.4 percent from January.
5.5 percent jobless rate in Delco, down 2.6 percent.
41, age of Glenolden man facing charges that he ripped off homeowners in a scheme involving mortgage foreclosures.
10.72 rise for stock market yesterday.
4 percent dip for Apple stock.
3.5 million dollars for Gov. Tom Corbett’s campaign coffers from the Republican Governors Association.
50 million dollars, how much is expected to be spent in the race between Corbett and Democrat Tom Wolf.
3,850 people seeking jobless benefits in Atlantic City yesterday after weekend shutdown of two casinos.
210 million dollars raked in from slot machines at Pa.’s 12 casinos in August.
2.4 percent increase over the take for the same month last year.
3.29 percent dip in slots play at Harrah’s in Chester.
2.24 billion in revenue from Pa. state stores last year, a new record high.
3.2 increase - $67 million - over last year’s take.
526 million dollars in revenue for the state.
13 million dollars more than last year.
2 of 3 Bucks County teens killed in SUV crash were not wearing seat belts, police say.
84, age of former Philly D.A. F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, who died Wednesday.
2.82 million dollar compensation package for Penn President Amy Gutmann.
9, as in the 9th top destination spot, where Philly sits, according to new poll.
72 steps of the Philadelphia Art Museum, 1 of city’s top tourist spots.
1-0 win for Philadelphia Union last night at PPL Park.
7-4 loss for the Phils in Atlanta yesterday afternoon.
4 runs on 3 hits and 4 walks for Phils starter David Buchanan.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
It’s time. The NFL season starts tonight with the defending Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks facing the Green Bay Packers. I like the Pack in an upset.
I Don’t Get It: A teen riding a bike in Chester is gunned down at 12:15 in the afternoon. I don’t get it.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to the state Liquor Control Board. Yes, I’m going to say something nice about them. They produced record revenue for the state last year. I still think Pa. should get out of the booze business.
Quote Box: “We do not believe that demonstration, false allegations and charges are productive ways to make progress.”
- Grant Gegwich, spokesman for Crozer-Chester Medical Center, on yesterday’s picketing by the union.
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