My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 12/23/2008

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[0:11]" He's radio 1030 every day. WBZ news done now is 4 o'clock clear skies of the setting sun already -- 26 degrees in Boston. Good Tuesday afternoon to you in for Diane Stern I'm married Blake -- here -- we're following in the WBZ newsroom on this day before the day before Christmas crunch time for procrastinators and shopping now I'm not. Yeah."

[0:44]" After -- cause of the morning the market is ending of losses the Dow closing in the red -- 99. NASDAQ down eleven MarketWatch report coming up and it sport winning streak so maligned Bruins after the sixth straight win at New Jersey Celtics going for number in nineteen at a row at the garden against the 76ers."

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[1:18]" That's very difficult commute this afternoon Mary we're going to start off with the mall traffic Burlington Danvers and Braintree Solomon pond. We're seeing some heavy delays around the mall parking lot of very slow on 128. Exiting towards those some malls. A northbound when issued all the way to 93 is jammed southbound heavy delays 95 down towards ninety three's and that includes a Burlington mall. And the north shore Molly and of course down by boring tree down by the split expect him heavy delays there will check the entire report in just --"

[1:47]" Thank you very much Jim Marshall WBZ traffic network now Europe they're doing some last minute shopping by normally be with you WBZ's Lana Jones is in -- she is among the frenzy choppers and have disrupted traffic around the Natick collection is heavy but it is moving and there is parking if your patient you don't mind having to do -- traffic --"

[2:05]" really given a second thought but they diminish up yet one or two things -- done shopping now I am not. And spare me it's going to have been tomorrow -- not the only difference and I asked. -- ninth avenue put up with with traffic and everything in an interview and unite and India and it's -- Alaska but here it says that the new -- of mom you know I guess that comes with the territory so now it's going to establish in the Spirit to see everyone out that's when."

[2:34]" Last month at the Natick collection Lana Jones WBZ Newsradio 1030 lawyers and a man calling himself Clark Rockefeller are demanding to see an affidavit by -- authorities Christian Karl Gary -- writers attorneys asked judge Margaret Hank let them see the sealed affidavit California investigators say Gary -- a person of interest. And the disappearance and presumed murders of a couple there he is charged with kidnapping his daughter last July during a surprise to visit here in Boston. And it looks like the Yankees have won the Mark Teixeira sweepstakes WBZ sports reporter Tom Cuddy joining me -- with more now Tom."

[4:25]" There's a patient suffered side effects of the medications when they take. Com -- facts should pay palpitations. On and oftentimes these side effects and lead people who are using it goes to visit -- score there positions --"

[4:42]" The FDA is investigating -- these drugs years earlier passed around to word of mouth he's warning people to avoid them at all costs. They her huge Bernie made up Ponzi scheme may have claimed its first victim authorities in New York say the founder of an investment fund that lost billions -- Madoff. Has been found dead in his office more from ABC's -- terrorists --"

[5:00]" Police were called to an office on Madison avenue here in New York about 7:30 in the morning a French business publication reports the man found dead inside was -- theory mug gone -- of the O'Shea he ran access international advisors a hedge fund. That invested one point four billion dollars would Bernard Madoff. The medical examiner here has not determined the cause of death but the French publication quoted members of his family saying did we say could not cope with the pressure of the scandal. And took his own life. Aaron -- ABC news New York."

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[6:22]" And with the closing down now eight minutes -- let's check in at MarketWatch dot com's Andrew -- Wall Street calls little loser today the Dow falls 100. Points NASDAQ down eleven. As -- 500 down eight and a half there was not a specific piece of news that hit this afternoon. When Wall Street indexes went from moderately positive this morning to decidedly negative. Apparently in change in mood was enough. The bulk of reports this morning were negative but not unexpected the National Association of Realtors reports sales of pre owned homes dropped eight point 6% last month. The average sale price of a home dropped more than 13% from last year. The biggest twelve month the crease in four decades of record keeping. New home sales dropped almost 3% of the weakest level in seventeen years in the government's final reading of third quarter economic activity. Held steady with a drop of point 5%. Again the Dow loses a hundred points NASDAQ down eleven S&P down eight and a half. Business reports at eight and 38 past the hour I'm Andrew O'Day marketwatch.com. On WBZ Newsradio 1030."

[7:26]" The BBC news time now as for ten let's get right to it the whether this is the extended WBZ AccuWeather forecaster Friday. And here's Bob Larson."