The Daily Numbers: 13, age of eighth-grader arrested in a plot against his school, St. Andrew’s in Drexel Hill.
2 pellet guns that police say they confiscated from his backpack.
1 person shot in the 7100 block of Stockley Road in Upper Darby. The victim is in critical condition. Police are looking for the gunman.
25 percent decrease in the endowment at Villanova University, causing the Main Line school to announce a job freeze. The endowment is now worth $253 million.
2 more candidates, 1 Democrat and 1 Republican, who are throwing their hats into the race for 2 County Council seats in the May Primary.
4,700 union workers in SEPTA’s city transit division who will remain on the job this weekend even after their contract expires at midnight Saturday.
916,000 daily trips on SEPTA city buses, train and trolleys that will not be interrupted.
24, where Philly International now ranks in terms of its on-time performance, with 77.3 percent of departures and 72.9 percent of arrivals on time. Those numbers are down from last year.
2 men from Honduras charged in the murder of 2 farmhands at a Burlington County horse farm in New Jersey.
1 dead, 1 injured in a shooting in Northeast Philly Wednesday night.
5 arson fires in the long series that have terrorized Coatesville believed to be the work of one man who was held for trial after a hearing yesterday.
12 staff members being let go by the Philadelphia Orchestra; 6 other positions will be unfilled, making a 20 percent cut.
2 people, a husband and wife, found stabbed to death in a house in Southview, Del., last night.
0 winning tickets sold in last night’s Powerball drawing.
25, age of former female teacher in Laurel, Del., charged with having sex with a 14-year-old boy.
18 birds seized when police raided a cock-fighting operation in Berks County. A man is facing felony charges.
74 percent jump in foreclosure filings in Pennsylvania in February compared to the same month last year.
7.1 percent jobless rate in the region in January. Philadelphia was the worst, checking in at 8.9 percent.
17 percent property tax hike being eyed by Philly Mayor Michael Nutter in his budget plan.
5 million dollars being put up to aid the arts in the Philly region by PNC Bank Foundation.
14.6 million dollar total compensation in 2008 for PNC Bank boss James Rohr.
79 bucks, price tag on the latest iPod, which is about the size of a stick of gum. It holds 1,000 songs.
29 points for Thaddeus Young to lead the Sixers to a win over the Raptors, 115-106.
3 games this year for Saint Joe and Temple, who will hook up again today in the A10 Tourney.
1.06 billion dollars, the net worth of Eagles owner Jeff Lurie, landing him on the Forbes Magazine list of the richest people.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.
Let’s get this out of the way now. Jeff Lurie joins the list of billionaires and Brian Dawkins joins the Denver Broncos. Something’s not right about that.
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I Don’t Get It: Kids, guns (real or not) and school threats. I just don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Kudos to the mental health officials and folks at St. Andrew’s School in Drexel Hill who took the appropriate, quick action to avert any danger at the school after word of a threat was received.
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Quote Box: “He points this gun at a police officer and he’s going to get shot.”
-- Mike Chitwood, Upper Darby police boss, on one of the pellet guns found in the backpack of a student who is believed to be plotting against the school.