My WBZ Morning Headlines 5/6/2008

[0:00]" WB ZWBZHD Boston. Traffic on the -- Breaking news when it. Every decade. WBZ Boston is there. WBZ news time 8 o'clock -- as the sixth debate Tuesday morning Ed good morning sunny skies 51 degrees in Boston I'm Ed Walsh but he could be with us hear the stories we're following this morning in the WBZ news primaries are under way in Indiana and North Carolina. But will the race and tonight."

[0:30]" Only -- league but would be -- Barack Obama winning both Carolina and --"

[0:38]" This is Karen Twomey state inspectors are checking gas stations to make sure you're getting what you're painful to foreclosure -- try to -- there's the possibility of harsher federal punishments for borrower's mortgage brokers and banks and other lenders who -- here's the AccuWeather line whether most of today and tomorrow chance of showers increases some on Thursday it looks like Friday will be rainy."

[0:59]" coming out of the wire in the race for the democratic presidential nomination and it is still neck and neck between Clinton and Obama. Voters in North Carolina and Indiana are at the polls now 187 delegates at stake in the primaries in those Tuesday's. Allan -- teaches political science at American university and he says that time might not be on the Democrat side."

[1:18]" Super delegates hold in their hands the democratic nomination and they don't want it to go past June. Because the convention isolated until the end of August but you have the Republican convention to campaign won't get rolling until early September. And they wanted to nominee long before."

[1:36]" One final prediction ahead of today's voting -- zogby poll shows Obama has an eight point lead in North Carolina but the Indiana matchup is too close to call. Many of those who took part in our WBZ online -- do not believe today's drummers will wrap up the nomination fight. By three to one margin many folks believe the process will continue right up to the convention what's your opinion you can still cast your vote on our website. WBZ 1030 -- come WBZ news time 821 Beacon Hill allegations of outright hostility between lawmakers state representative Jennifer Callahan of Sutton says that a male colleague approach her last Thursday. And started the casual conversation about a health care amendment but assumed that ugly and she says the other lawmaker told her that he could really hurt her. If he wanted to the House Speaker seldom Macy has ordered an investigation. The death toll from a cyclone continues to rise steadily in Myanmar. We're state radio says more than 22000 people have died earlier the southeast Asian country's military regime indicated. It will welcome aid supplies for the victims but you when workers are still waiting for visas to enter the country -- is not just the high cost of gas you want to make sure that the Pope is accurate right. -- the State's been looking into it and so has WBZ's Karen Twomey."

[2:49]" We at a gas station to fill your tank sticker shock aside you don't expect any surprises me and I just take for granted that. Every aren't selling what they said they. And state inspectors are checking out local gas stations to make sure that's happening. What are the things are looking for is pumped jumping that's on the numbers on attacks only jumped up -- more than you're putting in. This particular terrorist. Everything was coming up prewar. That inspector tells WBZ TV that there are a number of things to look for. There have been about a dozen violations so far this year if you think there's a discrepancy talk to the station attendant and then called the state division of standards Karen Twomey WBZ Newsradio 1030."

[3:27]" Lawmakers in Washington believe honesty is the best policy when it comes to be easy the foreclosure crisis and is Dan -- reports this morning senators are going to be holding a hearing on the abuse. Of the bankruptcy laws for years borrowers and even lenders blatantly lied on application forms often exaggerating -- house -- income."

[3:45]" Most of these -- is really were operating out of the the presumption that there wouldn't be a chicken came home to roost."

[3:52]" Professor Rafael Bostick at the University of Southern California noting an epidemic of homeowners unable to make their payments congress considers new laws some experts say the key is to Obey the old ones and -- of CBS news Washington Fannie Mae the largest US Byron backer of home loans is just reported it lost two point two billion dollars in the first quarter. Home loan delinquencies -- have been the continuing housing slump. And it's almost like a four letter word negative equity and according to a new study were -- about one website which Drexel prices says more than half of homeowners who bought their homes in the market. -- back in 2006 now old war on their mortgages and their homes are worth write to market watch good morning Ron Amadon."

[4:33]" Well good morning oil prices get within seven cents of 121 dollars a barrel this morning -- that's a new record on 2893 with backed off of that now. Ongoing supply concerns there's a matter of the weak dollar as well markets might open a bit to the downside in nature the Tokyo market was closed for holiday. Hong Kong closing of the small gain major European markets will be a bit lower this morning down 63 now on the Dow. Down two for the Nasdaq futures SP futures down by seven so. Right now at least the opening build looking to roses at a random house Peter Olson will step down in the next few weeks reports he's come under pressure due to. Lower profits that companies. This reports at 830 past the hour I'm Ron Amadon marketwatch.com on WBZ news radio ten to."

[5:21]" After the forecast and Elliott Abrams with the extended WBZ AccuWeather forecast with sun -- today is going up to 64 because 73 am unclear tonight low 53 tomorrow sunshine few clouds I 71. Thursday partly sunny but there could be a shower or two around I 71. Friday mostly cloudy rain likely high 61 on WBZ AccuWeather meteorologist Ellen Abrams and right now Boston sunny skies it would gain another degrees 52 WB"