The Daily Numbers: 5,500 jobs being eliminated at Boeing. That’s in addition to 4,500 already announced. It is not yet known if the cuts will affect the Ridley plant.
5,000 workers at Boeing’s Ridley facility, making it one of the county’s biggest employers.
3,000 jobs being cut by German software maker SAP. Some of them will hit at its North American HQ in Newtown Square.
2,000 state workers who could be laid off as the state wrestles with a widening budget deficit. That’s out of 78,000 workers.
400 people laid off at the new Atlantic City casino being built by Revel Entertainment Group, which also halted construction.
95 percent decline in net profits reported by Sony.
400 people who packed a town meeting in Coatesville last night to discuss how to attack the wave of arsons that has many in the Chester County city living in fear.
38, age of former Haverford High teacher now facing corruption of minors charges after he admitted having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student.
8, age of boy hit by an SUV after he rode his sled down a ramp in his driveway while playing in the snow yesterday in Gloucester Township, N.J. He tumbled off the sled, out into the road and into the path of the SUV.
40 arrests on the rap sheet of a Philly man now facing charges in connection with a theft from a convent in Northeast Philly. He was picked up on a DUI charge in Tinicum.
3 nights in Phoenix or Pittsburgh, what’s at stake in a Super Bowl between Gov. Ed Rendell and Arizona Gov. Janice Brewer.
5 days of mail delivery instead of 6, being considered by the U.S. Postal Service to fight a funding crisis.
0 House Republicans who backed the $819 billion stimulus package pushed by President Barack Obama. Only 11 Democrats voted against the plan, which passed 244-188.
50,000 dollars being donated to Youth Service Inc., a Philly-based non-profit that helps troubled kids, by Wal-Mart.
2-1 odds that say Damaging Doug Canavin will win tomorrow’s Wing Bowl. “Gentleman Jerry” Coughlan of Clifton Heights is at 3-1.
1 year of free chicken, what lured more than 100 people to camp out all night in the cold outside a new Chick-fil-A in Camden County.
1.2 million dollar gift to the Widener Law School by an anonymous alum.
700 shiny new cars on display from 40 manufacturers at the Philly International Auto Show.
1.2 million homes across the Midwest and Northeast without power after yesterday’s nasty winter storm packing snow and ice.
11 libraries targeted for closure in Philly that now appear as if they will get a reprieve.
18 points for Reggie Redding as No. 21 Villanova provided a fitting swansong for college hoops at the Spectrum by knocking off No. 3 Pitt.
14 point deficit overcome by the Sixers last night as they rallied to beat Houston, 95-93.
4 straight wins for the Sixers over the Rockets.
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Donovan McNabb is talking again. He’s not playing in the Super Bowl; he’s analyzing it for ESPN. He also has scheduled a media availability tonight with the Philly media. Stay tuned.
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I Don’t Get It: A 93-year-old World War II veteran in Michigan died inside his freezing home after his heat was cut off because of more than $1,000 in unpaid bills. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Congratulations, you survived the first big storm of the winter. That’s enough. Spring can show up any day now.
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Quote Box: “I always thought of Joe as being a very honest individual.”
-- Ralph Lawrence, owner of Arch Associates Corp., a Lansdowne firm where accused Ponzi scammer Joseph Forte once worked.