My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 06/05/2008

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[1:49]" Good afternoon it's 3 o'clock it's cloudy and windy in Boston just 57 degrees I'm Diane Stern and here's -- we're following in the WBZ -- have a jury I'm Carl Stevens everything and -- trials in Middlesex County superior court big shake up in the Air Force and a big night in Boston."

[2:06]" The NBA's match made in heaven cellblock suddenly there was a final round tonight game one and Boston garden the Lakers coach explaining a lot of the two losses to the Celtics in the regular season wonderful Turkey. The WBZ AccuWeather forecast standing -- that we'll tonight into early tomorrow but a big warm up this weekend on Wall Street the Dow was up 157 and a new cell phone giant is in the works the market want report coming up."

[2:32]" Afternoon -- is brought to you by the most trusted name in mattresses sleep -- the mattress professionals. A jury is now in place in the Neil Entwistle murder case he's the British man accused of killing his family and their home. WBZ's Carl Stevens has a late update from a courthouse."

[2:48]" On this fourth day of jury selection we finally have a jury eight men eight women they will decide the fate of Neil Entwistle decide whether he's guilty of killing his wife and baby daughter in Hopkinton two nephews ago. -- proposals parents are in the front -- again today he often turned around this afternoon and at times miles two words to his mother. One reason -- juries because so many people Middlesex County have formed opinions. On this highly publicized case but now we finally have a jury now we're ready to get started. For Middlesex County superior court Carl Stevens WBZ Newsradio 1030 called."

[3:20]" Foreclosures are at a record setting pace for the first three months of the year. The Mortgage Bankers Association says foreclosures and late payments are expected to keep rising. Payments are considered delinquent in their thirty or more days past due. The reason for the increases primarily declining home prices. 6 hours and counting Eastern Conference champion Celtics will host the Lakers tonight game one of the NBA finals WBZ is Mark -- begins our coverage."

[4:33]" The Celtics beat the Lakers twice in the regular season the -- won by thirteen in their last meeting here in Boston but LA coach Phil Jackson says that doesn't mean much."

[4:42]" We have thanksgiving Thursday here and played on Friday. Wonderful Turkey. And it showed no idea and we we -- very competitive just."

[4:53]" For new -- Celtics beat the Lakers again by nineteen points for the -- tonight WBZ news 33 years Scott Eck with the Subaru dealers in New England all wheel drive traffic on the three is a good afternoon sky."

[5:06]" Good afternoon -- we are seeing delay is on the expressway heading south on you're stopping go under the O'Neill tunnel down past -- and -- three in the salt shore still doing well as you head down through Norwell 128 south is losing speed from -- 95 down -- spawned. A downtown -- driving eastbound is back to its title the Leverett connector is still okay and the lower deck of 93 is running well. Up north 93 northbound on the brakes -- Roosevelt circled the Mondale lab again up around 125 in Wilmington. Until the northbound is still decent -- Danvers route one northbound moving well up castle -- fells parkway in the upper and read three is okay. Mass Pike west bans indecent shape -- Southborough. Next reported 313 would WBZ's traffic on stories."

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[6:52]" WBZ news signed 35 it's cloudy and Boston -- of patchy fog tonight with a low in the mid fifties. If accurate 57 right now so not much of the temperature change tomorrow. Be a shower in the morning a thunderstorm primarily north of Boston otherwise a mix of clouds and sun and warmer tomorrow seventy true. Saturday and Sunday highs in the eighties upper eighties at that. Well more on the forecast through the weekend coming up in just a few minutes on WBZ. Pentagon chief Robert Gates has reportedly ask the military and civilian chiefs of the Air Force to step down. White House acknowledges that President Bush knows about the resignations but that he didn't play a role in the shake up. Air Force chief of staff general Michael Moseley assumed office in September 2005. Michael -- became Air Force secretary that November. The air forces suffered a number of investments lately in -- called the B 52 bomber flown across the country mistakenly armed with nuclear missiles. The state senator at the center of a sex scandal says he will not seek reelection this fall James Brasilia is charged with groping and making lewd comments to women. Attorney Wendy Murphy represents two of the women and says she'll file civil cases. And she wants to pursue an ethics investigation of mars -- as well."

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[8:29]" The Middlesex DA's office is looking in the other possible incidents involving miserly one in Brighton other incidents in Lowell and an incident in Arlington. The Patrick administration is talking about the alarming increase in cases of domestic violence in the -- state. WBZ's Lana Jones has that story there were 42 domestic violence murders and thirteen related suicides in Massachusetts in 2007 and the figures this year are on track to top that. At a Patrick calls at a public health emergency. He was asked to speculate on the reasons why domestic violence killings may be on the rise since it. Economic anxiety may be one although frankly there's economic anxiety all over the country and higher numbers are worse in terms -- domestic violence homicides. Are worse here than elsewhere in the country. The governor added there appears to be elected coordinated response to the problem he's asking these agencies to review the data to look for patterns -- WBZ Newsradio 1030 here's one way to get attention but we don't recommended of French climber known as Spiderman is in custody now after scaling a 52 story tower in midtown Manhattan. -- lance bass says he was trying to draw attention to global warming. Construction workers cheered when he unfurled a banner this morning -- mayor's website says he has climbed to more than seventy skyscrapers around the world. WBZ news -- 38."

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[9:59]" Another Wall Street numbers from marketwatch.com and John ward off nine their Diane we are seeing gains on Wall Street despite gushing oil prices today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gaining a 173 points the Nasdaq. A 39 the S&P 500 tacking on 22 oil did indeed -- higher crude futures rising five and half dollars. Become a nickel shy of 128 a barrel. The dollar weakened today and when that happens commodities like oil and two take off some. Can you hear me now Verizon Wireless is buying rival all -- hill for more than 28 billion dollars. Parent Verizon thinks a deal could close by year's end if the deal does happen it would create the largest cellphone company in the country. Business reports at eight and 38 past the hour on John word on marketwatch.com on WBZ news radio 103."

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[11:52]" Now the extended WBZ AccuWeather forecast right through the weekend here is Bob Larson brought to you by the pine hills mostly cloudy tonight with patchy fog low 55 -- can be a shower or thunderstorm tomorrow morning generally north of Boston. Clouds and sunshine of the afternoon in milder high 72. Partly cloudy tomorrow -- with areas of fog. And almost 66 partly sunny Saturday and Sunday much warmer and more humid -- each state ED -- a cooler along the coast and on the cape. -- whether -- just ten minutes on WBZ AccuWeather meteorologist Bob Larson gray skies overhead and Boston is quite windy 257 degrees."

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[14:26]" And Diane we're getting word of a new problem down south this is on 95 northbound reports of the crash everyone in Sharon wreath realist I'll sure -- OK -- 128 southbound losing speed from 95 down past potent pot. The expressway southbound tied up from the O'Neill -- down the gas tank and now we have a settling breakdown at the Braintree split. The expressway north -- from furnace brook up to Neponset 93 north unseen delays in Medford square to Montel I begin 125. And 28 northbound reduce speeds and she way to foreign to Tony five route one -- okay up these Saugus the upper and -- three is moving well up past drama hill. A downtown store drive east is back to its tunnel the Leverett connector is OK so is a lower deck of 93. Mass Pike westbound running well not to graft and next a reported 323 were WBZ is traffic on the third."

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[15:25]" powers to move forward a preview of tonight's big game at the garden and WBZ is Tom Cuddy coming up in a moment."

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[16:32]" WBZ news time 315 here is Tom Cuddy in brought you advise Suffolk downs this."

[16:37]" All the -- Lakers and NBA finals game number one late tonight at the garden on the teams won their conference finals and guarantee themselves at eleven finals meeting. The NBA league office must've felt as a but it hit the lottery. -- Americans and Ray Allen."

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[17:03]" What -- excitement definitely I think this whole week -- would be destroyed. I think the market machines just went into full blown full steam ahead no thoughts of that you know what exactly how we're going to put this in the motion not. You know it definitely pays homage to to all the Laker -- in the Celtic race."

[17:21]" To complete Celtics finals coverage available right now at wbz1030.com extended on edited interview right now at wbz1030.com Red Sox -- Tampa arrays close off their Fenway series with Jon Lester on the mound. -- new clothes out of the lineup Sean Casey at first -- early start tonight because of -- this game 65 for a -- stay with us we will. Keep you posted the -- big league baseball. In the the national league's top of the ninth Philadelphia fire Cincinnati no score bottom seven St. Louis for a Washington nothing America late -- seven Yankees for the six. Bottom seven Baltimore three and Minnesota took the women's finalists at the French Open at the now RS Athena against and a Avon ovitz. Saturday at 955 again Sunday at 1155 WBZ radio sports profiles -- high school hockey player Bailey Miller it."

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[19:47]" 318 here on WBZ 57 degree is in the city for tonight's mostly cloudy patchy fog around low temperatures. I'm 55 the tomorrow possible morning shower or thunderstorm north of the city. Otherwise times of clouds and sunshine and milder a high of 72. Mostly sunny and warmer for the weekend to complete WBZ AccuWeather forecast just ahead I'm Anthony Silva WBZ news good afternoon. Some of the stories we're following clear right now former principal -- hall high school. Russell -- yet pleading not guilty to charges of possessing child pornography. Amtrak is planning bridge work in Connecticut from June 14 through seventeenth. And that'll disrupt service between Boston and New York City. One of the busiest lines in the country on Capitol Hill a bill cutting greenhouse gas emissions appears headed to defeat in the US senate to deals of those stories and more coming up in just about eleven minutes of the half hour with WBZ's Diane Stern. Checking some of the developing stories now the job American diplomat in Iraq says the US is not looking for an infinite or indefinite military presence there. Correspondents like -- has more."

[20:50]" Hawks over establishing a long term security relationship between Washington and Baghdad have been tense. And ambassador Ryan Crocker is trying to dispel the notion that the US wants to set up permanent military bases there that is just flatly untrue telling reporters at the State Department the deal will not infringe on Iraqi sovereignty. But one Iraqi lawmaker says some American demands do just that. And says that the dispute is not settled there won't be a deal soccer Madonna at the Pentagon."

[21:18]" Senator Ted Kennedy is receiving an honorary degree from Harvard having been expelled back in 1951 for cheating. Eventually returning and earning his degree five years later. The State's senior citizen was two status senior senator rather Westergren perceive the degree. As part of the university -- and 57 commencement yesterday but. He's recuperating from brain tumor surgery at Duke University Medical Center in a statement Senator Kennedy says he looked forward to accepting the owner in person. Very -- WBZ news -- 320 and I'll be extended WBZ thank you with a forecast looking all the way into the weekend. And were expecting some warm temperatures into the weekend we could see day's close to nine and Bob Larsen taking two."

[22:01]" Considerable cloudiness and I would varies -- five below 55 degrees the debate shower or thunderstorm at some areas toward daybreak generally north of Boston clouds breaking for some sun -- won't be as cool as recent day's highs 72. Partly cloudy tomorrow died in warmer than recent nights patchy fog low 66 Saturday and Sunday partly sunny. More humid and much warmer might stay 89 but cooler along the coast and on the -- like weather in just ten minutes on WBZ AccuWeather meteorologist."

[22:28]" Bob -- and Boston -- 57 degrees winds around five or six miles an hour. Right out of the east northeast look up if you're not protected by a fire sprinkler system in your home or office you need to call the fire protection contractors of Greater Boston at 6173 Q 37877 on line that fire protection contractors dot net. In this portion of the -- brought to you by these sprinkler fingers local union 55. Well the longest serving senator in US history West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd has been released from the hospital after being treated for mild infection. The nine year old Democrat was admitted Monday after feeling deal at home. His spokesperson says Byrd who was hospitalized twice earlier this year is expected to return to was official senatorial duties upon his doctor's approval. Better safe than sorry in Minnesota as officials there have closed three busy bridges since march to avoid the possibility of another deadly bridge collapse all three closures. And comport compromised steel plates connecting the bridge beams. Identified by investigators is a key factor in last year's collapse of the interstate bridge over the Mississippi River that killed thirteen people. Engineers across the country are taking close looks at lots of bridges dozens of bridges with similar designs. Swimming with a friend helped me"