When we told our Running Numbers columnist Nick Norlen about the Daily News' new "Numbers Racket" feature, he had this to say: "

1: Number of digit-based Philly tidbit sidebars named after mob lotteries that this town has room for."

That's just how Norlen talks, folks. But while it's true that CP didn't invent the big-number-with-pithy-comment format (Harper's Index, we bow to thee), it's also true that the DN's new "daily look at the numerals that define us" is strikingly similar to our long-standing box o' numbers—one year old this week!—right down to the gambling reference. At least the DN had the decency to leave humor out of their homage.

1. Cardboard Doll: The people paper's stiff take on sex.
2. Philly Crunk: A news column with attytood and frequent swearing.
3. Hot Water Bottle: Jonathan Takiff recounts the weekend and its effects on his aching back.
4. I Like-Like You / I'm Very Put Off By You
5. Arts: Features on local books, dance, theater, etc.
6. Ill-Advised Concept Contraption: Um ...
7. Nude Metropolis: A quirky, front-of-the-paper features section nobody's really sure how to define.