The Daily Numbers: 27 homes in Tinicum that have been soundproofed after years of complaints about noise from nearby Philadelphia International Airport. Officials said 500 homes would be treated, but the program has lagged.


10,000 dollar reward being offered for information that leads to an arrest in the murder of Altimese Roberts, 67, who was found smothered in her Darby Township home back in December.


41 miles, how far a West Chester man walked on Sunday to honor the memory of his nephew, Marine Sgt. James Fordyce, who was killed in the line of duty in February 2006 off the coast of Africa.


40 years of service coming to an end as Haverford Police Chief Gary Hoover hangs up his badge. Hoover is retiring.


12,000 dollars in legal fees spent so far by Upland Borough to fight a proposed halfway house that wants to locate in the borough.


1.5 percent hike in state funding for Wallingford-Swarthmore School District under the Rendell budget. School officials are not happy, saying they are being shortchanged.


2 people killed overnight in an accident on the Vice Street Expressway. Police say a Good Samaritan had stopped to help a man in a wheelchair when they were both struck by an oncoming vehicle


1 Philadelphia Housing Auhtority officer shot Sunday during an altercation in North Philadelhphia.


3 homicides recorded in the city early Saturday, snapping what had been something of a furlough in the skyrocketing murder count.


675,000 dollars, what a man put up for a Delaware state license plate displaying the number 6. Go figure.


219 businesses on a state Department of Revenue list of those who owe the state more than $6.8 million in taxes. Thirteen of those are in Delaware County.
2 members of Philadelphia City Council who are going to court seeking the authority to regulate guns in the city outside the state Legislature.


10 emergency dispatchers in Bucks County who are filing grievances over disciplinary measures against them for delays in handling of a 911 call from a disabled woman who died in a fire.


143 million pounds of beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse that has been recalled by the feds. A lot of it was sold to school lunch programs. The animals are believed to have been abused.


74 delegates up for grabs among Democrats in Wisconsin tomorrow.


2 weeks between Wisconsin and key primaries in Ohio and Texas. Then it’s on to the Pennsylvania Primary on April 22.


7 straight losses for the Flyers as their freefall shows no signs of ending.


3 Flyers who are now facing concussion syndromes. The team lost Denis Topelko on Sunday.


3 weeks before Derian Hatcher’s knee likely will be ready for action.


81 races over two years, that’s how long ago Ryan Newman won his last race. Sunday he took the checkered flag at Daytona.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Mets’ slugger Carlos Beltran has fired the first shot in what should be a summer-long war with the Phillies. He had a message for Jimmy Rollins and the Phillies. He believes the Mets are the team to beat, with the addition of ace Johan Santana. Of course Rollins famously made the same boast last year.
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I Don’t Get It: What could be more simple, more successful than the Hershey’s Kiss? Apparently all is not well in chocolate town. Sales are down. The company is going to rethink its marketing and packaging.


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Today’s Upper: Yes, it is raining outside. But it will feel like spring. Temperatures will be in the mid-60s before diving again later this afternoon.


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Quote Box: “I say, this is why you deserve a decent education. Because people fought for you to have one.”

-- Chester High School teacher Twyla Simpkins, on those who laid much of the groundwork for education of black students and black history.