My WBZ Morning Headlines 5/16/2008

[0:00]" Straight street -- 24 hours a day -- WBZ Boston the most listened to -- and New England. -- WBZ news time 8 o'clock in the morning it is Friday as the sixteenth of may bodies in Boston to start today and rain on the way 55 right now good morning thanks for joining us. I mean it -- were following a little BBC newsroom brutal rage -- the whole bulls with turnpike toll taker gets pulled out of this Booth it's no different -- doesn't answer Carl Stevens they're not having blasted East Bridgewater that's a good thing parenting and he'd heard on what element here after. Founded an air out of California's High Court gives the highest five to gay marriage."

[0:43]" Adding more. Well they're having taken effect magic tricks to show people how -- controversial would really is."

[0:50]" The AccuWeather don't forget the umbrella rain comes in this afternoon and last through tonight and tomorrow morning followed by some clear and his sports Selz in Cleveland tonight for game six against the cavs in the Red Sox weather permitting host Milwaukee federal. The union representing told Tiggers on the Mass Pike. Once the state to pay for self defense classes this comes after -- told digger was attacked. The story from WBZ's Carl Stevens."

[1:12]" Couple weeks ago at a turnpike exchange in Hopkinton driver pulled into cash only lane got mad at the toll taker grabbed the guy's arm pulled him out of the Booth and told paper apparently smashed his face. Against the car door. After this the toll collectors union says maybe they should have self defense classes this -- turnpike authority spokesman Mac Daniel."

[1:31]" I don't know of self defense classes are being answer we have yet received that request from unions considerate but its belief that there are probably more efficient ways of dealing with the safety issues and so on."

[1:45]" The toll taker is expected back on the job soon Carl Stevens WBZ Newsradio 1030 now rush hour may be over by ten most days been on the Mass Pike that's when the fund against. In order to save money the turnpike authority sending -- work crews during the mid day hours. Yesterday they had two lanes of the eastbound pike shut down for paving at the entrance of the Pru Tunnel traffic was backed up all the way to the Allston Brighton tolls. But officials say the crew was stunned by to a lots of things would be clear for the evening rush. Daytime works also being done in the Mass Pike near route 495 and was pearl. In East Bridgewater homeowners been put under arrest after police discovered several pipe bombs in his home. WBZ's Karen Twomey is -- on east street in the quiet town good morning Karen."

[2:27]" That morning and look at being here all night in -- very very nice -- need -- at the top where police were -- that there might be explode that they want to call. The property found more than a -- such I -- were excavated or remain out on work to get the what -- eat or -- police department."

[2:48]" Still doing what -- electoral ought all what vote. They're making the park picnic."

[2:54]" Making you read this paper nature resident critic but the detonations all night one particular -- wants needs. What are Michael -- will be -- 68. In East -- Karen Twomey BPD to be sent starting."

[3:07]" scary to see the price of -- today triple A's national survey finds self serve regular 379. That's a penny more than it was yesterday premium now averages 417 -- gallon. Regular prices are 39 cents higher than they were just a month ago -- 68 cents more costly than. At this time last year in California wedding plans are being made and so war legal briefs in the day after that State's Supreme Court. Reversed a ban on same sex marriages. The ruling means California gay couples could be married as soon as next month but it may only be for a short period of time. Conservatives are seeking to put a constitutional amendment on the November ballot to get the band back into effect. Arlene Isaacson is culture of the Massachusetts gay and lesbian political caucus and she says. There was no aftermath here."

[3:50]" We have a right to married inside Massachusetts are experiencing here was that the fear about it dissipated immediately afterwards. It's considered we have the right to marry people woke up the next morning and found that it. But some still came up in the world -- changed it's people who even -- that we have the right to same sex marriage -- gay folks themselves to people who -- two --"

[4:13]" WBZ news -- seven more today on spy gave the herald writer who reported the -- said -- the rams' practice session before Super Bowl 36 waited late the in the paper today how he got it wrong. Johnson -- says he had multiple sources who claimed they'd been told of the taping. But -- he admits his sources never saw any recording. And other duty. The herald sports reporter admits he felt pressured to go to print when he was afraid other reporters that they were on the story in my scorer beat on him he knows now there never was any taping of the rams. But because he must protect his sources even though they were wrong he will not disclose their names and -- he says -- the state will always be widow. But he vows it will make him a better reporter. There's about all of our listeners who took part in our online poll ready to turn the page on spike gave only a handful believe the senator Arlen Specter's proposed. Investigation whole answer any new questions. Is enough enough is more digging required what do you think as though. On our website wbz1030.com time now for the business news and from MarketWatch good morning Ron Amadon."

[5:10]" Morning we have had another spike upward in oil prices this morning happened about a 7:50 to about 8 o'clock this morning. And we've hit another record on way we're up two dollars and 89 cents on light crude now. At 127 wrote to with the news -- 12740 three's are really -- crack that. 127 dollar -- barrel mark and kept on going some are citing the increasing demand for diesel fuel overseas as one of the reasons wide. Our markets despite that -- opened just a wee bit to the upside. -- traders await the latest on the homebuilding industry coming up at 830 the Commerce Department reports on housing starts. And building permits for Naples someone -- were hoping for at least kind of a bottoming out there in the futures again a little bit positive Dow futures up by fifteen currently. -- reports at 838 past the hour our Ron Amadon marketwatch.com on WBZ Newsradio ten or."

[6:03]" Extended WBZ AccuWeather forecast -- Bailey Abrams they talk about April's showers but you're told -- summation hours. Well that's right it's spreading their part way across Connecticut right now showing up on radar on the Berkshire is going to take a while to come in though it's not really advancing all that strongly in. The -- I'd go that much farther north after guess here but. To start to rain during the course of the afternoon rain on us tonight men end tomorrow morning. While by a changeable weekends sometimes sunny sometimes quality the -- on the cool side temperatures most days mostly in the sixties to near seventy. The majority of the time those should be rain free the study is rain that we use we believe will be from late this afternoon through tonight on WBZ AccuWeather meteorologist --"