The Daily Numbers: 20 million bucks. That’s the price tag on Boeing’s Chinook helicopter. Production was shut down for a time yesterday at the Ridley plant after some defects were found on a couple of copters being worked on there.

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250 Boeing workers sent home yesterday after the problem was discovered and work stopped on the copters.


2 Chinooks that were found to have problems. Officials are trying to determine how wires on the helicopters became severerd.


25 Delco residents who have reached the grand age of 100 who were feted yesterday during a luncheon at the Drexelbrook.

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4 arrests on DUI charges for a Ridley woman who was picked up again last weekend.


479,026 dollars in contracts for the Delco Prison OK’d by county council, mostly to expand the videoconferencing capabilities.


3.77 a gallon, price of a gallon of gas in the Philly area this morning. Another day, another 2 cents higher.


17 million bucks being debated in Haverford Township. That’s their windfall from the sale of the Haverford State Hospital property. Maybe they should buy gasoline.


3.6 million dollars a year, what Philadelphia said it would cost to operate the wireless network in the city being proposed by EarthLink. Yesterday the company said it was pulling the plug on the project.


12 foot cliffs formed on the beach in some Jersey shore towns, part of the damage left behind after Monday’s Nor’easter wiped out tons of dunes and sand.


32, age of man killed in a brutal carjacking in Bensalem. A 41-year-old woman also was abducted and raped in the incident.


30 percent decline in housing sales being reported by regional luxury home builder Toll Brothers.


2.4 percent decline in median sales price of existing homes in Delaware County, according to Prudential Fox and Roach’s HomExpert.


58 age of man on bicycle who was struck and killed in Elsmere, Del., last night..


46 age of woman who apparently went overboard on a cruise ship off the coast of Atlantic City. The FBI plans to question her boyfriend and others when it arrives in Bermuda. Cruise line officials and the boyfriend indicate it was an accident, when the woman attempted to jump from one deck to another.


5.5 to 11 years in jail for a man convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl at a Tinicum hotel.


4 straight wins, what the Flyers need if they want to extend their season. They lost to the Pens last night and are now down 3-0 in the series.


2 assists for Sidney Crosby in setting up the key first two goals for the Pens that took the crowd out of the game in the first period.


3 runs surrendered in a shaky first inning by Phils starter Kyle Kendrick. But he settled down from that point and got the win as the Phils rallied to beat the Braves.


4 runs batted in for Jayson Werth to lead the Phils.


2 hits for Ryan Howard, who may be breaking out of his slump.


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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Everyone who thinks that the refs are robbing the Flyers and that the Pens really are not the better team in this series, raise your hands. Thought so. It’s almost time to get serious about the Phillies.
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I Don’t Get It: You had to figure this one was coming. With gas prices heading toward $4 a gallon, AAA officials are now warning of an uptick in gas thefts. Imagine pumping upwards of $50 in liquid gold into your tanks, only to have someone siphon it off.


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Today’s Upper: Very nice move from the Flyers last night in honoring the memory of slain Philadelphia Police Sgt. Stephen Liczbinski before last night’s game. Liczbinski was a huge Flyers fan.

Quote Box: “We do this because we feel very strongly if you’ve reached the age of 100 you deserve a party.”

-- Louis Colbert, director of Delco’s County Services for the Aging, at yesterday’s gala luncheon for centenarians at the Drexelbrook.