The Daily Numbers: 750 exec jobs being slashed in the region by oil giant Sunoco.
450 union workers at the Marcus Hook refinery who approved a new, 3-year deal that protects jobs and offers 3 percent pay hikes each year.
700 members at the Philadelphia refinery who OK’d the same deal the next day, even as the company was announcing cuts in its 3,700-member workforce.
4,700 union members of SEPTA’s city division who remain on the job this morning, even though their contract expired Saturday night. Trains, buses and trolleys continue running.
12,000 to 87,000 dollars, bids received in Chester to construct a new rec center.
4 million dollar cut, about 12 percent, seen for the Philly D.A’s office.
3 dead, 3 wounded in another wicked weekend of violence in the city of Philadelphia.
2 homes badly damaged in still another arson fire early Saturday in the city of Coatesville.
20 arsons recorded in the Chester County city since the first of the year.
60 firefighters who responded to a blaze at a home this morning in South Coatesville. It is not believed to be part of the arson spree.
1 dead and 2 injured after car struck a tree in the Gray’s Ferry section of Philadelphia early today.
1 high school athlete killed and 6 other teens injured when a car struck a utility pole in Ocean County Sunday afternoon.
91, age of mother of Vice President Joe Biden, who is hospitalized in Philadelphia this morning after falling in her Delaware home over the weekend.
10 show dogs killed when fire roared through a home in western Pennsylvania town of Claysville.
1.96, average price at pumps in the region for gasoline. National average is $1.92.
46.25, price per barrel for crude oil, its highest point in 2 months.
4 local high school teams still alive in PIAA hoops playoffs. Penn Wood and Carroll boys, along with O’Hara and Carroll girls, will be seeking state titles this week.
3 seed for Villanova, who gets to play at home at the Wachovia Center in East bracket of NCAA tourney.
11 seed for Temple, which will play 6th ranked Arizona in Miami.
2 goals for Sean Avery to lead the Rangers over the Flyers the day after the Flyers beat the Blueshirts at home on Saturday.
10 points in 4th quarter for Donyell Marshall to lead the Sixers to big win over Miami.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Let the madness begin, and we have two ways to scratch our hoops fever itch. Both Villanova and Temple are in the NCAA tourney.
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I Don’t Get It: The federal corruption trial of former state Sen. Vince Fumo is now in jeopardy because it has been learned that a juror has been filing online updates on the panel’s deliberations. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Good news this morning for commuters. The SEPTA system – trains, trolleys and buses – is up and running despite the expiration of contract with city unions. They are continuing to work as negotiations go on.
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Quote Box: “You’re not betting a mortgage payment, so everyone can play and have a vested interest in game sbetween teams hey know nothing about.
-- Steve Porter of Milmont Park, on the NCAA brackets mania that will take hold today.