The Daily Numbers: 8,600, how much Dusty Rhoads says is owed to him by Colwyn Borough for bulletproof vests for borough police officers. He’s still waiting to be paid.
1 pet dog killed when fire swept through a Collingdale home early Wednesday.
8 people who face charges that they terrorized residents of an Upper Darby home twice in the same day.
2,000 dollars in merchandise ripped off from the Home Depot Store in Concord.
103-89 vote in the state House to give the green light to table games at Pa. slots parlors.
2 members of the Delco GOP delegation who broke with their party and backed the measure. Those would be Rep. Nick Micarelli and Rep. Nick Micozzie.
16 percent tax the state will levy on table games in year one, then 14 percent after that.
2 Harrah’s security guards being credited with saving a patron’s life when a customer was stricken while playing the slots.
9 month old baby thrown from a car during a dispute in Philadelphia. The baby was not injured.
80, age of man in Souderton, Montgomery County, charged with killing his 75-year-old wife. He told authorities he believed she was cheating on him.
36, age of Radnor man charged with raping a model he lured to a photo shoot.
7.4 percent dip in passengers in December for US Airways.
1,200 jobs being cut by Lockheed Martin Corp. in Maryland.
99 metro areas that lost jobs last year. That would include the Philly region.
2 people, a 41 year-old mother and her 22 year-old son, killed in 2-car crash in Chester County Wednesday morning.
25 million dollars up for grabs Saturday in Powerball after no one hit the jackpot last night.
3 bomb-sniffing dogs at Philly International Airport that failed certification tests. Bad dogs!
7 former Democratic aides in the state House who pleaded guilty in the Bonusgate probe yesterday.
3 fired employees of US Airways who now are filing suit saying the airline had a racially hostile workplace.
6 goals for the Flyers as they rolled over the Maple Leafs last night.
500 points in the NHL for Danny Briere, who had 2 goals in the win.
21 points for Scottie Reynolds as Villanova rolled over DePaul, 99-72.
1 win on the year for Penn, who beat Maryland-Baltimore County last night, 82-71.
20 points and 11 rebounds for Lavoy Allen as Temple romped over Saint Joe’s, 73-46.
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Call me a Phanatic: A look at the ups and downs of being a Philadelphia sports fan.Eagles employee Dave Spadaro finds himself in hot water today for posting a video of himself spitting on the Dallas star on the field at the Cowboys’ new stadium. Yep, must be Dallas-Eagles in the playoffs.
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I Don’t Get It: There’s another naked picture flap. This time an aide in Bangor, near Easton, had a naked picture of herself on her cell phone.
Someone got hold of her phone and promptly sent the pic all over the school. I don’t get it.
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Today’s Upper: Table games will mean jobs – and lots of them – as poker and roulette come to Harrah’s in Chester.

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Quote Box: “I deeply apologize to the outstanding Cowboys organization and the fine people there, from Jerry Jones to thee rest of the team.”
- Dave Spadaro, editor of Eagles Web site, in his apology for posting a video on the site of him spitting on the Dallas star on their new field.