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The Daily Numbers -- March 19
The Daily Numbers: 2 more rush hours commuters will have to deal with I-95 being closed in Philadelphia. Officials are hoping to reopen the interstate late tonight.
2 hours, what some people were reporting it took them to drive the 7 miles they usually traverse on the closed section of I-95.
90 days to six months in jail for an Upper Darby woman who pleaded guilty to a DUI charge after she struck and killed a man entering a Drexel Hill intersection.
57, age of the “mystery man” who was in the house the night an intern was killed inside a Thornbury home. F. Bruce Covington is a former Saint Joseph’s University official who now faces drug charges in Montgomery County. He could be a key witness in the murder trial of William Smithson, charged in the killing of intern Jason Shephard. Covington is not charged in that case.
50 million dollars for a new, 60-room Gateway Hotel that will be constructed in Chester as part of the University Crossings project at Widener.
270,000 uninsured Pennsylvanians who will gain access to health care under a proposal working its way through the state Legislature. It passed the House, but its prospects are uncertain in the Senate.
53 percent of Pennsylvania Democrats backing Hillary Clinton, to 41 percent for Barack Obama, according to a new Quinnipiac Poll. Just a few weeks ago her margin had closed to 49-43 percent.
141 pairs of counterfeit Nike sneakers seized during a raid on a Montgomery County store.
24 license suspensions for a man charged in a fatal crash in South Jersey that took the life of a mother of three. He has three DUI convictions.
10 to 15 V-22 Ospreys, Boeing’s dynamic tilt-rotor copter, that will make up squadrons to be permanently based at Marine Corps Station Miramar near San Diego. The military now has plans for 458 of the once-troubled aircrafts.
2.2 percent jump in full-time employees for US Airways.
30,000 buyouts being offered to employees by another airline, Delta.
109 dollars per barrel, the level crude prices actually dipped under during trading yesterday.
.75 cut in interest rates announced by the Fed yesterday, sparking a huge rally on Wall Street.
420 point surge by the markets, Wall Street’s biggest one-day gain in more than five years.
5, ranking of Pennsylvania in terms of the emissions of heat-trapping carbons. Probably all those cars idling on I-95.
3 age of little boy killed in an accident involving a school bus and a minivan in Pemberton Township in South Jersey yesterday.
1 of two twins believed to be responsible for a series of rooftop burglaries, including several in Delaware County, held for trial yesteday. The brothers also star in gay porn videos.
5.3 million dollars in grants from the regional Federal Home Loan Bank to finance projects for low-income Philadelphia residents.
3.23 a gallon, average price for gasoline in the Philadlephia area. That’s a new high for the year and 5 cents higher than just a week ago. It’s still higher statewide, holding at 3.27
64 percent of Americans who say the war in Iraq has not been worth the loss of American lives, according to a new CBS poll.
4 game losing streak snapped by the Flyers in their win over the Thrashers.
2 goal lead the Flyers almost coughed up in the final 30 seconds, escaping only because of a season-saving save from Antero Niittymaki.
6 superb innings for the projected ace of the Phils staff, Cole Hamels, yesterday. He threw a perfect game for 4 innings.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
That’s two solid starts in recent days for the Phillies. Myers and Hamels are starting to look like the studs everyone envisions at the top of the Phils’ rotation.
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I Don’t Get It: The guy behind the “Girls Gone Wild” series was preparing to offer a boatload of money for Eliot Spitzer’s favorite squeeze, high-dollar call girl Ashley Alexandra Dupre, to appear in one of his videos. Then they decided to check their archives. Sure enough, there she was, in all her glory. Why am I not surprised?
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Today’s Upper: A solid thumb’s up for Sen. Barack Obama and his speech yesterday on race in America. As we proclaimed on our front page today, it’s a basic question of black and white. And it’s a discussion we need to have.
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Quote Box: “I have asserted a firm conviction, a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people, that, working together, we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds.”
-- Sen. Barack Obama, speaking yesterday on race at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
2 hours, what some people were reporting it took them to drive the 7 miles they usually traverse on the closed section of I-95.
90 days to six months in jail for an Upper Darby woman who pleaded guilty to a DUI charge after she struck and killed a man entering a Drexel Hill intersection.
57, age of the “mystery man” who was in the house the night an intern was killed inside a Thornbury home. F. Bruce Covington is a former Saint Joseph’s University official who now faces drug charges in Montgomery County. He could be a key witness in the murder trial of William Smithson, charged in the killing of intern Jason Shephard. Covington is not charged in that case.
50 million dollars for a new, 60-room Gateway Hotel that will be constructed in Chester as part of the University Crossings project at Widener.
270,000 uninsured Pennsylvanians who will gain access to health care under a proposal working its way through the state Legislature. It passed the House, but its prospects are uncertain in the Senate.
53 percent of Pennsylvania Democrats backing Hillary Clinton, to 41 percent for Barack Obama, according to a new Quinnipiac Poll. Just a few weeks ago her margin had closed to 49-43 percent.
141 pairs of counterfeit Nike sneakers seized during a raid on a Montgomery County store.
24 license suspensions for a man charged in a fatal crash in South Jersey that took the life of a mother of three. He has three DUI convictions.
10 to 15 V-22 Ospreys, Boeing’s dynamic tilt-rotor copter, that will make up squadrons to be permanently based at Marine Corps Station Miramar near San Diego. The military now has plans for 458 of the once-troubled aircrafts.
2.2 percent jump in full-time employees for US Airways.
30,000 buyouts being offered to employees by another airline, Delta.
109 dollars per barrel, the level crude prices actually dipped under during trading yesterday.
.75 cut in interest rates announced by the Fed yesterday, sparking a huge rally on Wall Street.
420 point surge by the markets, Wall Street’s biggest one-day gain in more than five years.
5, ranking of Pennsylvania in terms of the emissions of heat-trapping carbons. Probably all those cars idling on I-95.
3 age of little boy killed in an accident involving a school bus and a minivan in Pemberton Township in South Jersey yesterday.
1 of two twins believed to be responsible for a series of rooftop burglaries, including several in Delaware County, held for trial yesteday. The brothers also star in gay porn videos.
5.3 million dollars in grants from the regional Federal Home Loan Bank to finance projects for low-income Philadelphia residents.
3.23 a gallon, average price for gasoline in the Philadlephia area. That’s a new high for the year and 5 cents higher than just a week ago. It’s still higher statewide, holding at 3.27
64 percent of Americans who say the war in Iraq has not been worth the loss of American lives, according to a new CBS poll.
4 game losing streak snapped by the Flyers in their win over the Thrashers.
2 goal lead the Flyers almost coughed up in the final 30 seconds, escaping only because of a season-saving save from Antero Niittymaki.
6 superb innings for the projected ace of the Phils staff, Cole Hamels, yesterday. He threw a perfect game for 4 innings.
*
Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
That’s two solid starts in recent days for the Phillies. Myers and Hamels are starting to look like the studs everyone envisions at the top of the Phils’ rotation.
*
I Don’t Get It: The guy behind the “Girls Gone Wild” series was preparing to offer a boatload of money for Eliot Spitzer’s favorite squeeze, high-dollar call girl Ashley Alexandra Dupre, to appear in one of his videos. Then they decided to check their archives. Sure enough, there she was, in all her glory. Why am I not surprised?
*
Today’s Upper: A solid thumb’s up for Sen. Barack Obama and his speech yesterday on race in America. As we proclaimed on our front page today, it’s a basic question of black and white. And it’s a discussion we need to have.
*
Quote Box: “I have asserted a firm conviction, a conviction rooted in my faith in God and my faith in the American people, that, working together, we can move beyond some of our old racial wounds.”
-- Sen. Barack Obama, speaking yesterday on race at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
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