December 1- 7, 2005
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Running Numbers$175,000,000 Total cost of the Athos I oil cleanup, which was deemed complete on Nov. 21, nearly a year after the spill.
1,000,000 Number of faces Bon Jovi has purportedly seen (and rocked). That number ostensibly skyrocketed when the band released last year's box set, 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong. Their two-night stand at the Wachovia Center Dec. 2 and 3 is sold out, but there's really no denying that those with tickets can be, and are, wrong.
50 Number of wins one team will attain, barring a tie, at the 106th Army-Navy game Dec. 3 at the Linc. After 105 games, the series is tied at 49-49-7.
$45 Entry fee for the Dec. 5 early deadline of the Greater Philadelphia Filmmakers 2006 "Set In Philadelphia" Screenwriting Competition, which calls for feature-length screenplays set in the Greater Philadelphia area. The entry fee for the late deadline, Jan. 2, 2006, is $65, and the top prize is $10,000. See film.org for details.
1 Type of "-liners" Zach Galifianakis used to slay the audience during his set on the Comedians of Comedy tour. Clips from their stop at the TLA premiere on Comedy Central, Dec. 2 at 11 p.m. I'm the one who yells, "I love you, gambler!" to Patton Oswalt.
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