My WBZ Afternoon Headlines for 2/6/2008

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[0:16]" good afternoon court clocked in 38 degrees cloudy skies in Boston it's damp and dreary this afternoon I'm Diane Stern. Here's -- the following the Wednesday after a super Tuesday team Clinton claims have plenty of respect to dissolved on senators Clinton and Obama will be within five or six delegates at each -- Peter -- Americans Arkansas plant. We Bruce Patterson wrote about the tornado in her bathroom. I'll -- Our local forecast here is AccuWeather meteorologist Bob Larson looking at primarily a rain tonight let's knowledgeable on the -- probably tomorrow or tomorrow evening on Wall Street the Dow goes from 100 point recovery to a 66 point lots of MarketWatch report coming up -- Tom Cuddy of."

[2:05]" I've been involved in many many campaigns. And after the campaigns are over you've always got the task of uniting behind the party behind the nominee."

[2:14]" Mitt Romney still has something to say about that -- the former governors say he's still in the race. That after a strategy session today at Romney's north end headquarters here in Boston. Governor Patrick is an enthusiastic supporter of casinos in Massachusetts but is putting his foot down on one proposal. He opposes an application by the Mashpee wampanoag Indians to build a one billion dollar casino in Middleborough. A person with knowledge of the administration's written comments. Says the tried has failed to provide the Bureau of Indian Affairs with paperwork the administration also says the plan does not include safeguards for the environment. Public health and consumer protections and other criteria. Following years of fare hikes the MBTA admits it's facing a 75 million dollar budget deficit next year. T general manager Dan for Bosnia's tells WBZ news his options are limited."

[3:06]" We cannot ask Eric customers pay more in terms of fare increase so our board of directors has directed us that no consideration fare increase for the next fiscal year."

[3:16]" Provide justice as rapidly rising costs for energy health care and debt service will force some tough decisions in the months ahead. WBZ is Anthony Silva will have more on what's behind the deficit it's coming up the New England business at 25 past the hour so -- here. A veteran of the Massachusetts state police shares his memories of the blizzard of 78 that's coming up in just a few moments here on WBZ. WBZ news time 45 to couple of cancellations from the WBZ storm center for public schools. Conducted valley district no evening activities Ralph -- regional school district no evening activities. After colleges Franklin pierce university and cringed -- evening classes Southern New Hampshire University no evening classes. At last report Boston medical senator was saying -- senate rather with sang at a young girl hit by an elderly driver at her school in Randolph remains in critical condition. The second grader was standing outside the lion school. It was also being used as a polling place in 86 year old William guys -- telling WBZ TV he was leaving the school after voting yesterday. But his car lurched forward and his brakes failed to stop that dozens of children saw the accident -- has not been charged. The death toll in the tornado ravaged south is at least fifty residents in the five affected states. But try to pick up the pieces after the storms that race through Arkansas Alabama Kentucky Mississippi and Tennessee."

[4:40]" Hi Peter king and Atkins Arkansas this as one of the sites you see. At just about any disaster zone along the line of utility trucks cherry pickers -- everything from power poles a huge reels of cable. Power crews have been here since early this morning trying to make sure that electrical cables were neutralized and nobody would get shock. These guys are here to help not only would that but -- string of bad governments see if they can restore power to those whose homes were left standing. Peter King CBS news Atkins Arkansas."

[5:11]" Snow piles more than a foot deep across parts of the plains and midwest more than a thousand flights canceled at Chicago's O'Hare airport. Another fifty or so -- Chicago midway. Gone back thirty years now to the blizzard of 78 we continue our conversations with people who lived through it all. If the enormous inconvenience from the gridlock power outages and property damage but it left people angry bitter and at wit's end. State police colonel Mark Delaney a trooper back in 78 says no."

[5:40]" People aren't in actually good spirits. And just -- that is borderless."

[5:45]" It was a tremendous amount of snow mounting on top of the left overs of previous storm. -- remembers getting out of his cruiser and climbing through four to five feet of snow."

[5:55]" People to get the instrument destructive so the snow was even higher allocations -- a lot like 200 yards from this note just to get to -- test just to dig down to -- in the window -- don't we try to. I called -- with what somebody in -- in just in the way to go how to you know couldn't get the door open because what else not him."

[6:14]" Doctors nurses and other essential personnel needed permits just to be on the road."

[6:19]" Some cases we were asked to go to a hospital to drive the nurses who had been working for two days straight because you -- group would get him and they give people rights commission outlines."

[6:31]" And coming up the middle later this half hour more of my conversation with the colonel. Mark Delaney of the state police and tomorrow will be talking to a former recovery room nurse. Who recalls the blizzard of 78."

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[9:39]" Bob Larson it's gray gray skies overhead cloudy Boston 38 degrees the WB's it is time now for fifteen and those smiling Tom Cuddy is here with sports have you. Recovered from the patriots last I can earth and and recovered from the results yesterday. Super Tuesday true story a --"

[9:57]" My ten year old nephew could not go to work on the go to school on Monday his mother said he could not regain his composure to -- loss in. Story through historic tenure is all it's a solace and lots and clippers at the garden salvage lives last night. In Cleveland clippers have only fifteen games all season so -- again without Kevin Garnett then abdominal strains pretty serious business."

[10:21]" If you -- into the future you know what she did -- me. That's why you're safe -- very careful with the people it. Gotta be careful to have them turn into now now there's nobody admitted to be a sort of this this weekend -- Julia also."

[10:39]" Doc Rivers Paul Pierce a game time decision with FLS. Flu like symptoms Bruins skated a -- to this morning for two losers last night the buffalo head coach --"

[10:48]" Patients work in process guys we've got some some young players we got to push these guys and keep pushing these guys -- Only get better until they get -- we look back at the replays say well there's a guy you know as a young players mistake and we got to somehow keyboard windows guys that we can see him on the bench and not let him progress or we can sometimes given an opportunity to play and it's so far served us pretty well."

[11:11]" Broncos quadrillion Bruins a buffalo Friday in the game to listen to right here on WBZ radio Dave Goucher I'm Bob beers Shaquille O'Neal insists he's just a successful physical away from becoming a Phoenix sun. Miami gets shot American Marcus banks in return the new president of the Texas Rangers his Hall of Fame pitcher. Nolan Ryan for seventeen on WBZ news Tom Cuddy WBZ radio sports -- we're"