The Daily Numbers: 2 pedestrians police say were struck by a hit-run driver Wednesday night on Providence Road in Upper Darby. They were hit about 7:45 p.m. at the intersection with Ashland Avenue. They’re both hospitalized


90 million dollar plan for a movie studio now on hold in Chester Township as officials wait to get word from Chester Upland School District whether they will get on board.


2 Darby Borough teens who have been charged as adults in connection with the shooting of another teen in the borough.


40 years in education that will end at the conclusion of the 2009 school year when Upper Darby schools Superintendent Joseph Galli calls it a career.


1 billion dollar cut in the state income tax proposed by state legislators yesterday. Don’t get too excited, though. In a separate vote they also voted to hike the levy, as well as the state sales tax.


2 starving dogs seized at a home in the Olney section of Philadelphia where a third dog was found dead. A cat also was found huddling around the dead animal.


30 million being invested by US Airways to revamp their operations at Philadelphia International Airport.


2 armored car guards slain during robbery attempt last fall in Philadelphia. A man was held for trial in the fatal shootings Wednesday.


25 million bucks, what they sold the former state office building at Broad and Spring Garden for in Philly. It will be turned into luxury condos. Isn’t everything?


40 percent of Pennsylvania Democrats backing Hillary Clinton, to 20 percent for Barack Obama, according to the latest Daily News/Keystone Poll. On the GOP side, it’s Sen. John McCain now in the lead with 30 percent. Rudy Giuliani trails with 14 percent and Mike Huckabee in third at 12 percent.


96.4 percent of graduates in the Chester Upland School District failed key reading or math tests.


450 million dollars in home heating aid released by the Bush Administration to help homeowners deal with skyrocketing bills. That might come in handy this weekend, when we’re looking at the coldest temperatures of the winter.


2 that’s the cut-off age under which the FDA is now urging parents not to use over-the-counter cold medicines.


3 killed in the crash of a Navy MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter in Corpus Christi, Texas.


2 Penn State football players who will now face trial on assault charges that were refiled against them in connection with a campus fight last year.


4 goals in the first period that fueled another Flyers win last night, 5-3 over the Panthers.


20 that was the national ranking of Xavier, before they got knocked off by the Temple Owls last night.


76 points racked up by Villanova last night as they took down DePaul at the Pavilion, payback for losing to them last week.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
We’re No. 1! No, don’t start planning the parade. We have the No. 1 mascot. That would be the Phillie Phanatic, according to Forbes Magazine. The furry guy is tops in terms of a marketing perspective. Maybe the Phanatic and his pals in pinstripes can give us a real No. 1 in October.
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I Don’t Get It: Keith Crego. Do I need to say any more? I don’t get it.


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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the state House for approving the formation of a special panel to decide how to best implement the recommendations made in an education funding costing-out study last fall. Now the Senate needs to do the same.


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Quote Box: “It’s the example that we take through our actions – through things like taking care of this young boy – that provide hope , that give the Iraqis an opportunity to look at us and say, ‘This is a better alternative to the extremism to al-Qaida and to other forces that might rule the day otherwise.’”

-- Army Lt. Col Robert Balcavage, describing to the Concordville-Chadds Ford Rotary his mission of mercy to get medical help in the U.S. for an Iraqi boy he met during his tour of duty there.