My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 07/07/2008

[0:00]" WBZ Boston -- the air online 24 hours today WBZ Newsradio 1030. Every day. Good afternoon at 3 o'clock it's -- clouds as well 85 degrees and breezy in the city by Diane Stern here's what we're following in the WBZ newsroom -- man charged with a baseball -- attack goes before -- judge this is Doug -- district court wasn't the case of Red Sox -- Yankee -- doubts about an annual break for consumers will we have another tax free weekend this year retailers -- pushing hard -- I'm Lisa -- WBZ AccuWeather forecast warm and -- out there tonight but it --"

[0:40]" Like them when thunderstorms will pop up tomorrow on Wall Street the Dow slipping a 105 points and several airlines ground their overseas flights to MarketWatch report coming up. Red Sox at Minnesota Twins at -- in the first of three Daisuke Matsuzaka."

[1:13]" Police allege the Falmouth man was among those taught in New York family calling them Yankee fans as they sat stuck in July 4 traffic."

[1:21]" we're seeing -- when the defendant to stand before you Robert Correia and other individuals. We're passing by as they passed by -- began to times the family of the victim and down like."

[1:33]" Prosecutor Genevieve on Greek defense attorney Robert Nolan claims Korea was not involved in the original --"

[1:39]" He was in no way involved in the taunting of the guy I guess there was heavy traffic on the front of his apartment but he had no involvement at all on any of the of the original altercation."

[1:49]" Korea is accused of hitting the New York man in the head with a baseball bat in Falmouth Doug Cope WBZ Newsradio 1030 Senator Kennedy is halfway home in terms of his brain cancer treatment."

[1:59]" His wife -- says in an email that aside from being fatigued the senator is doing well he's three weeks into a six week regiment of chemo and radiation. Kennedy is settled into a routine exercising every morning before going Mass. General and then returning the family compound. Going sailing on his scooter in the afternoon. Kennedy was diagnosed in mid may Vicki Kennedy calls her husband a lot and he describes is cancerous -- there. It's a question with a different answers on Beacon Hill should we have another tax free weekend this year considering the state of the economy. WBZ's Lisa Myers spoke with a head of retailers' group he says we needed now more than ever."

[2:39]" We're not what Jon Hurst that the mass retailers association tells me the traditional tax free weekend is just about a month away now he's helping house speaker seldom Macy reverses course and decides to support that."

[2:52]" Each year that we had this sales tax holiday in Massachusetts. The overall collections of sales tax for that month exceeded the year prior."

[3:01]" Even without the taxes for that one weekend."

[3:04]" What that tells me is that we're. Bringing sales back from New Hampshire or bring in sales back from the Internet."

[3:10]" Not a bad thing considering the fact that her says there is reason to believe that smokers who were now buying cigarettes in New Hampshire are doing other shopping while -- up there Lisa Meyer WBZ Newsradio 1030."

[3:21]" North shore residents still up in arms over the parade that appeared to mock the Gloucester teen pregnancy controversy at least -- you did before the parade even static details still to come on WBZ -- the time right now is 33 years met stints with the Subaru dealers that New England all wheel drive traffic on the threes writing advice for firefighters local union 55."

[3:42]" Good afternoon Diane -- when he it's up an accident scene just clearing on the ramp to route 24 and Randolph traffic is jammed to back into the can't area mcewing down at that point. On the expressway southbound we're filling in heavy now from mass ave Madonna the Dorchester gastric northbound pockets of congestion. Getting up to Neponset circle downtown Boston looking good here in the Leverett connector airport tunnels in the river roads 93 northbound. Busy between Mondale avenue after 128 also want 28 northbound heavy -- the Woburn stretched on for 95 south -- car five being put out right by route 28 in the end overstretched. And workers packing up shop for the day on route nine west by -- community college things now moving pretty well there through Wellesley. Next reports at 313 with -- WBZ traffic on the threes."

[4:23]" Looked 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 had 6173237 -- 877 on line that fire protection contractors dot."

[4:37]" Net 84 degrees right now in Boston warm and humid this evening and partly cloudy overnight we'll have the complete WBZ AccuWeather forecast in just about five minutes. Right here on WBZ."

[6:24]" President Bush was not shy about sizing up to new Kremlin leader calling it was smart guy who understands the issues. And Arthur."

[6:33]" Is very comfortable he's got. And I believe that when you tell me something."

[6:40]" The two leaders say they share concerns about the nuclear programs of Iran and North Korea. But Dmitry Medvedev opposes US plans to install a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. Mark -- CBS news Hokkaido Japan."

[6:54]" Or violence in Pakistan on the heels of yesterday's suicide bombing that killed eighteen people mostly police in Islamabad. It's been a series of explosions today in Karachi leaving more than two dozen people hurt. Militant and political violence is common in Karachi. Pakistan's commercial -- Much -- Saddam residents continue to speak out about the annual fourth of July horrible parade in Beverly farms over the weekend. Some of floats appeared to make fun of the seventeen pregnant girls at Gloucester high."

[7:23]" That's not a thing that you want to celebrate the fourth -- At a time when people should be focused on -- really difficult to know that other people are marking it."

[7:31]" That's what they're saying in Gloucester now here is WBZ is Lana Jones with a reaction from Beverly farms. For candy and condoms were tossed from -- parade floats."

[7:40]" I thought it was pretty colors not penalize who's really clever. Media was in court case. You know -- funny that's still -- who lives in Gloucester that works at a Beverly farms sandwich shop and says the horrible -- is all about pushing the limits. That Ayman Fennessy as a local who refuses to go to the parade."

[8:00]" Does have some of the clowns in the parade. We just think that they could go wherever they want to go over the top and so they do. And no one stops them. Many I talked with would like to see the air reverence the parade preserved but -- justice and keep foul language in pornographic images up the public streets. Lana Jones WBZ Newsradio 1030."

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[8:44]" John ward county as the Wall Street numbers as they stand right now for marketwatch.com good afternoon John good afternoon Diane stocks have been swerving all over the road today they were up earlier thanks to falling oil prices now. There are some concerns about the economy having problems for a longer than anticipated so says a major figure at the Federal Reserve. And the Dow Jones Industrial Average right now is -- 91 points the Nasdaq is off eleven. The S&P 500 is dropping fourteen oil by the way lost almost four dollars today to settle at a 141 dollars a barrel. And blaming soaring jet fuel prices United Airlines is putting off a new route between the US and Russia. Writers says United Megan trying to get the -- off the ground next year and published report says US Airways and northwest are both going to reduce. They're number of flights to China. Business report today in 38 past the hour on John -- marketwatch.com on WB's a Newsradio 1030 you're one."

[9:44]" WBZ news time three to an 84 degrees it's sticky to just that kind of -- day. Here's the extended WBZ AccuWeather forecast with John --"

[10:23]" Again in Boston 84 degree WBZ news signed 315 as promised here's Tom Cuddy with WBZ sports brought to you by the rise on."

[10:41]" I -- there is -- I mean you're gonna lose I lose fifteen get blown out as. Scheduled Treasury's need to be put. You wherever you things shows are routinely have them run all the games and if Russia which enough pressure in the fact that union's -- the other direction you have a chance pull off some big when -- and that's where it's gotta do is but a shell game."