The Daily Numbers: 523 points, that’s the dip recorded by the Dow Jones futures markets. That’s 4.3 percent. The U.S. markets are expected to nosedive when they open this morning.


1 hour that they stopped trading yesterday in India in an attempt to halt the slide.


32 percent dip in revenue reported this morning by Bank of America. That’s down to $12.67 billion from $18.49 billion last year. Don’t look now but billions of dollars are going to disppear in a heartbeat when the markets open.


35 years since the historic Supreme Court ruling legalizing abortion in Roe vs. Wade. Once again today abortion foes will take their message to Washington.


1 man found beaten to death yesterday afternoon by state police in his Middletown home.


2 people shot in New Castle, Del., Monday night. One of them died. It happened in the 100 block of Karlyn Drive.


2 suspects busted in that burglary spree at the Jersey shore in which expensive homes were entered and pricey items such as flat-screen TVs ripped off. Police believe the duo may be responsible for 20 such heists.


200 jobs that could be headed to Philadelphia as telecom giant Verizon said it will relocate employees to a building on Arch Street.


10 bucks, that’s what moviegoers are shelling out for first-run flicks at Regal Cinemas in Delaware these days.


26.3 million dollars, what a report in Delaware concludes the state could raise by expanding gambling operations into sports betting.


142 the state legislative district. That’s the Bucks County state rep office that former Republican Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick says he’ll run for this year. Fitzpatrick lost his seat in D.C. to Iraq vet Patrick Murphy.


2 plans that likely will be rolled out today by Comcast-Spectacor officials detailing their plans for an entertainment and shopping complex at the South Philly sports venue. One will keep the Spectrum. One will be without it. In other words, break out the wrecking ball.


2 months, that’s how long police believe a murder victim had been out of jail when he was gunned down on a Chester street over the weekend.


2 men now in custody charged with the murder of a young mother in New Jersey. One of the men is her uncle, and police say he may be the father of the baby that was found abandoned in the case.


17 years old, that’s the age at which teens would be allowed to vote under a measure now being pushed in the Pa. Legislature.


2 week delay by new Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter in delivering his first budget. He wants to know how much the anti-crime plan being developed by his new commissioner is likely to cost.


300,000 square feet of space between Pattison Avenue and the Wachovia Center, including the site where the Spectrum sits, being considered for Comcast’s ‘Philly Live’ venue.


25 points for Kasheef Festus in leading Archbishop Carroll to a huge 67-61 win over Cardinal O’Hara last night.


44 percent from the floor, what the Sixers shot yesterday in dropping a 110-103 decision to the Pacers.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Does it strike anyone else as suicidal for the Phillies to be picking a fight with their star slugger, Ryan Howard?
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I Don’t Get It: Yep, I knew it was coming. I fielded a couple of phone calls yesterday from people who were upset at the decision by Interboro schools to stay open and have a day “on” instead of a day off to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.


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Today’s Upper: Who says you can’t have your cake and eat it, too? To mark their one-year anniversary, Harrah’s Casino & Racetrack in Chester today will roll out a giant cake and offer the public a slice. It’ll happen in the casino lobby at 9:30 a.m.


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Quote Box: “These challenges are as urgent for us today in 2008 as they were in 1968.”

-- Lamelll McMorris, delivering a King Day message to a crowd at Crozer Chester Medical Center in Chester.