The Daily Numbers: 331 wins for Fred Pickett at the helm of Chester High basketball. Pickett announced after the Clippers won another state title Saturday night that he would be stepping down.


3 PIAA state titles for the Clippers during Pickett’s run.


1 loss for the Clippers this year.


25 straight wins for Chester High as they ran the board on the season after an early loss.


9 members of the Central Delaware County Authority who have now signed off on a deal that will allow 3 new towns to tap into the sewer lines.


5 car crash being investigated in Bucks County. One of the cars was operated by the Levittown fire chief, who was responding to a call Sunday night.


5 floors, the fall from a West Chester parking garage that left a woman hospitalized Saturday night.


28 percent decline in the murder rate for the city of Philadelphia from the same time last year.


350 million dollar facility now under construction for the permanent casino at Philadelphia Park in Bucks County.


8 people left homeless by a fire in an Upper Darby house Saturday. Police believe the fire was started several people smoking crack.


29 age of man facing charges for attacking a couple in their 40s in a dispute over a seat on a SEPTA bus at 69th Street Terminal in Upper Darby.


2,000 people mourning four siblings killed in a fire in Alentown on Saturday.


40,000 dollars in damages believed done to a hotel and a business by a man who went on a naked rampage in Lancaster County over the weekend.


10 percent decline in the number of Pennsylvania children in foster care.


600 cats discovered in deplorable conditions at a 29-acre property known as Tiger Ranch outside Pittsburgh. Many of the cats were sick and dying.


1 winning ticket sold in Saturday night’s $276 million Powerball jackpot. Unfortunately, it was sold in West Virginia.


8.5 billion dollar deal in which TD Bank Financial Group will acquire Commerce Bank. The deal got the OK from regulators.


2 dollars a share, what JPMorgan Chase & Co. will pay for finance giant Bear Stearns in a $236 million deal. That’s about 1 percent of what Bear Stearns was worth as recently as 16 days ago.


112 dollar a barrel, what crude oil is trading for on world markets at start of business today.


1 million bucks, what Hustler magazine is offering the call girl who brought down New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer to appear nude in the skin mag.


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Let’s do some dancing. After initially wondering whether any Philly schools would make it into the NCAA Tourney, now we have three to cheer on. That’s the first time since 1991 that we’ve hit a three spot.
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I Don’t Get It: Anybody who thinks the Democrats are going to get past the issues of gender and race obviously is not paying attention to the headlines. Some things just don’t change.


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Today’s Upper: All hail the state champion Chester Clippers. Well done, gentlemen.


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Quote Box: “I’m proud of the team. The boys showed perservance. And I couldn’t ask for a better son.”

-- Mark Burrell Sr., father of Chester star Mark Burrell Jr., at Sunday’s celebration in the city.