The Daily Numbers: 159 and 9. Get used to seeing those two numbers. They will be the next big political battlefield in Delco as replacements line up for 159th District House seat vacated by Thaddeus Kirkland, and 9th District Senate seat of Dominic Pileggi.
23 years, how long Kirkland has served in the Pa. House.
13 years in the Senate for Pileggi.
4 out of 5 seats on Upper Darby Council that went to the GOP after a delay in getting polling numbers.
4 seats on Upper Darby School Board also captured by Republicans.
666 write-in votes to power Andy Lewis to a seat on the Haverford commissioners.
335 votes for Democrat Charles Reardon, and 273 votes for incumbent Jeff Heilmann.
5 injured in 3-vehicle crash in Nether Providence.
10th president of Widener University. That would be Edinboro University President Julie Wollman, a Philly native.
4 people stabbed on campus of California college. The suspect was fatally shot.
7 plants being closed by Kraft foods, cutting 2,600 jobs in the process.
4 straight losses for the Sixers to start the season.
91-87 loss last night to the Milwaukee Bucks.
21 points for rookie Jahlil Okafor to lead the Sixers.
5 consecutive losses for the Flyers.
6.55 million price tag for former Phillie Cliff Lee’s condo on Rittenhouse Park
48,000 dollars paid to the Phillies by the Pentagon to promote patriotism at various events.
450,000 dollars paid over several years to top club - the Atlanta Braves.
10.4 million dollars in total spent on such promotion by the Department of Defense.
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Well the Sixers have started 0-4 and the Flyers have lost their last 5. Yep, call it the winter of our discontent. Let’s go, Eagles.
I Don’t Get It: This Kathleen Kane saga has all the makings of a movie. I’d put Cher in the lead role.
Today’s Upper: Kudos to the arrival of Wegmans, bringing not only an upscale market but more than 500 jobs to Concord Township.
Quote Box: “I think there will be an avalanche if this is all released, and I think there will be a housecleaning unlike any we have ever seen.”
- Terry Mutchler, former director of state Office of Open Records, on the porn emails being released by Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
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