The Daily Numbers: 2 elderly women killed in what police are saying is a carbon monixide accident from a car left running in the garage of their Ridley Township home.
3 more days you have to vote on the name of the new Major League Soccer team that will play in Chester. You can do so by going to MLSPhilly2010.com
3-5 inches of snow expected to fall on the area through the day and into tonight.
37, age of Jermaine Burgess, who was held for trial yesterday in the brutal beating death of 81-year-old Marie Ott in her Ridley home.
3 Philadelphia men who were in court yesterday on charges connected to several home invasion cases in Marple.
3,896 people who visited the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford Saturday for a special showing of the work of famed late artist Andrew Wyeth. It was a one-day attendance mark for the museum.
0, what you will pay today for a Grand Slam breakfast at Denny’s outlets. The deal is in effect until 2 p.m.
2 children struck and then dragged by a car in the Oxford Circle section of Northeast Philly last night. The children were dragged for a block. They are both hospitalized.
1 hour, how long it took for all the tickets for those 2 Bruce Springsteen shows at the Spectrum on April 28-29 to sell out yesterday.
4 dead and 2 injured in several shooting incidents in Philadelphia.
200 Coatesville residents who showed up to get free motion detector lights for their homes as they continue to battle a string of arson fires.
10,000 dollar reward being offered for information on the person who struck journalist Brian Hickey on a Philly street back in November. The driver fled the scene.
60 days in jail for a grandmother in Bloomsburg, Pa., after the 2 grandkids she was supposed to be watching were found outside on a chilly March morning.
2 Pa. senators who voted yes on the nomination of Eric Holder as the next attorney general.
260 million shortfall in Pa. revenue collections in January. That only adds to the state’s $2.3 billion budget shortfall.
180,000 Pennsylvanians who remain on the waiting list for Pa.’s adult Basic health plan.
49, age of Super Bowl party host shot and killed in what is being described as a tragic accident involving a gun in Philadelphia.
4 cent increase in price of gasoline in the Philly region over the weekend. Average price at pump now stands at $1.92.
7,000 jobs being slashed by the Macy’s department store chain. It had already set plans to close 11 stores, but none in the Philly area.
95.4 million people who tuned in to watch the Super Bowl Sunday night. That makes it the 2nd highest Super Bowl telecast, trailing only last year’s game.
30 seconds of porn that somehow made its way onto the telecast through a Comcast outlet in Tucson, Az.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.It’ll be us vs. Boston the next two nights. It might not be pretty. Tonight the Celtics are in town to face the Sixers. Tomorrow night the Bruins arrive to battle the Flyers. Both Bean Town teams sport the best records in their leagues.
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I Don’t Get It: Michael Phelps is now being castigated because of that picture of him smoking a pot pipe. Imagine that, young people doing dumb things. Ain’t technology great?
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Today’s Upper: Hungry? Head for Denny’s. They’re giving away a free grand slam breakfast until 2 p.m.
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Quote Box: “This is a terrible, tragic accident.”
-- Ridley Sgt. Charles Palo, after two elderly women were discovered dead in their home of carbon monoxide poisoning. A car was found running in the garage.