The Daily Numbers: 4 Academy Awards for the Coen Brothers’ “No Country for Old Men,” including Best Picture.


4 top acting awards, all which went to Europeans, setting the theme for the evening.


3 more days until the expected announcement by Major League Soccer that they are awarding a franchise to the city of Chester.


4 persons of interest being sought in connection with a fatal shooting in the parking lot of a Concord nightspot.


16, age of kid who was shot in Philadelphia when a friendly snowball fight took an ugly turn Sunday afternoon.


265 million dollar dip in the reserves in the state lottery surplus fund. Some state officials are blaming the advent of slot machines for the decline in lottery revenues.


4 people injured, including a Philadelphia police officer, when a cruiser collided with another car in the city’s Logan section Sunday morning.


3 story leap from a window onto South Street by a woman who was trying to flee a man who entered her apartment and attacked her.


140 acres of parkland in Quakertown that could go smoke-free as the town mulls a new smoking ban on the property.


41 people injured when a Greyhound bus overturned on I-380 in northeastern Pennsylvania Sunday.


200,000 dollar settlement in the case of an Allentown college that has closed its doors. A lot of families that got steered into high-interest loans are not satisfied.


414 million dollars in state contracts awarded to Deloitte Consulting over the last five years. Several former employees of the firm are now in Gov. Ed Rendell’s administration.


6 million dollars raised for charity by students at the annual Penn State dance marathon.


7 straight District 1 AAAA titles for the Chester boys basketball team.


36 straight wins for the Clippers in the District 1 tourney since they lost a semifinal in 2001.


1 pitch thrown this spring by Phils’ closer Brad Lidge. He’s going to undergo more surgery on his shaky knee today.


4 straight wins for the La Salle Explorers, who are making a late run to possibly get into the Big Dance.


5 straight wins for Tiger Woods. They made the movie about the wrong guy. Woods is really “Invincible.”


31 straight years the Flyers have put on their Flyers Wives Fight for Lives Carnival to benefit local charities. It only seems like that long ago when they won their last game. They’ve now dropped 10 straight.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Yep, we’re cursed. If you were looking for Brad Lidge this spring, don’t bother. He’ll miss all of training camp with a bum knee. Can you say Danny Tartabull? Why is it this only seems to happen to the Phillies?
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I Don’t Get It: How exactly is it that a snowball fight can escalate into a shooting, as happened in Philadelphia yesterday.


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Today’s Upper: Now that you’ve heard “Slowly Falling,” which won the Oscar for best song last night, make sure you see the movie, “Once.” It’s just as good.


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Quote Box: “We will not be a success if we fail to help transform the community in every way and embrace Chester as Chester embraces us.”

-- Jmaes Nevels, one of the owners who are going to bring an MLS franchise to Chester.