The Daily Numbers -- Jan. 4
The Daily Numbers: 32 years of public service coming to end with announcement by Rep. Ron Raymond, R-162, that he will not seek another term. Raymond spent 24 years in the state House and was a councilman and mayor in Sharon Hill before that.
38 percent of Iowa caucus voters backing Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, 30 percent for John Edwards and 29 percent for Hillary Clinton.
34 percent on the Republican ledger going with Mike Huckabee, to just 25 percent for Mitt Romney.
4 days before the next stop on the campaign trail, the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.
18 degrees, the chilly temperature this morning.
62 the expected high next Tuesday. Talk about your temperature swings.
4,000 bucks stolen from a couple outside their Marple home by two men.
3.09 a gallon, average price of unleaded regular gas in the region these days.
1 teen girl who may have been abducted and raped as she was heading to school in Northeast Philly Thursday.
4 people injured in crash that followed a police chase in Levittown Thursday night.
4 million dollars in loan-loss provisions posted by Sun Bancorp.
5 fires that kept firefighters in New Castle County, Del., busy early Thursday. There were no injuries reported.
35 age of Delaware man busted by the Pennsylvania Internet Child Predator Unit. He is believed to have propositioned who he thought was a 12-year-old girl, but was in fact an undercover agent.
2,318,200 people who tuned into radio station B101 during their annual all Christmas music stint. That was their weekly audience.
38 points for the Villanova women last night as they got blown out by No. 1 UConn, 88-38.
1 Big East defeat for Villanova as they dropped their league opener on the road against Depaul.
1 losing season in 16 years for NFL teams employing Eagles G.M. Tom Heckert. He will interview with the Falcons on Monday.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
In addition to their usual NFC East foes, here are the Eagles opponents next year: Cardinals, Falcons, Browns, Steelers, Rams at home; Ravens, Bears, Bengals, 49ers, Seahawks on the road. Does that scare anyone? Playoffs here we come.
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I Don’t Get It: Someone will have to explain to me why viable candidates drop out of the presidential race because they were rejected by voters in Iowa.
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Today’s Upper: Don’t put away the golf clubs. Or maybe break them out if you have. We’re looking at a very early taste of spring, with temperatures in the 50s over the weekend and low 60s Monday and Tuesday.
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Quote Box: “I don’t think what happens tonight is going to rule out any of the Democrats or Republicans who are in the top three”
-- Mallory Samson of Media, on Thursday night’s Iowa Caucus.
38 percent of Iowa caucus voters backing Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, 30 percent for John Edwards and 29 percent for Hillary Clinton.
34 percent on the Republican ledger going with Mike Huckabee, to just 25 percent for Mitt Romney.
4 days before the next stop on the campaign trail, the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday.
18 degrees, the chilly temperature this morning.
62 the expected high next Tuesday. Talk about your temperature swings.
4,000 bucks stolen from a couple outside their Marple home by two men.
3.09 a gallon, average price of unleaded regular gas in the region these days.
1 teen girl who may have been abducted and raped as she was heading to school in Northeast Philly Thursday.
4 people injured in crash that followed a police chase in Levittown Thursday night.
4 million dollars in loan-loss provisions posted by Sun Bancorp.
5 fires that kept firefighters in New Castle County, Del., busy early Thursday. There were no injuries reported.
35 age of Delaware man busted by the Pennsylvania Internet Child Predator Unit. He is believed to have propositioned who he thought was a 12-year-old girl, but was in fact an undercover agent.
2,318,200 people who tuned into radio station B101 during their annual all Christmas music stint. That was their weekly audience.
38 points for the Villanova women last night as they got blown out by No. 1 UConn, 88-38.
1 Big East defeat for Villanova as they dropped their league opener on the road against Depaul.
1 losing season in 16 years for NFL teams employing Eagles G.M. Tom Heckert. He will interview with the Falcons on Monday.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
In addition to their usual NFC East foes, here are the Eagles opponents next year: Cardinals, Falcons, Browns, Steelers, Rams at home; Ravens, Bears, Bengals, 49ers, Seahawks on the road. Does that scare anyone? Playoffs here we come.
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I Don’t Get It: Someone will have to explain to me why viable candidates drop out of the presidential race because they were rejected by voters in Iowa.
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Today’s Upper: Don’t put away the golf clubs. Or maybe break them out if you have. We’re looking at a very early taste of spring, with temperatures in the 50s over the weekend and low 60s Monday and Tuesday.
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Quote Box: “I don’t think what happens tonight is going to rule out any of the Democrats or Republicans who are in the top three”
-- Mallory Samson of Media, on Thursday night’s Iowa Caucus.
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