My WBZ Morning Headlines for 2/29/2008

[0:00]" Street straight story line 24 hours a day -- WBZ Boston the most listened to -- and New England. -- WBZ news time at 8 o'clock it is Friday morning the twenty ninth of book February and a good morning under clear skies back up to attend degrees. In Boston thanks for joining -- at Walter of the stories we're following the WBZ newsroom. Working on a promise instead of a paycheck. This is Doug Cope snowplow drivers say they will be on the road tonight even though they haven't been paid -- how high can -- gold or dollars a gallon water this thing enough is enough. I'm Mark Vatican -- called way to active duty bestowed and firefighters -- that he's being shortchanged by the sound this is Karen Twomey firefighters had to start today where they'll stage a protest the AccuWeather Brian golden days and so late tonight -- tomorrow -- usually three to six inches driving -- the weekend. The guys who drive the snowplows here in the -- states say they will be behind the wheel tonight. Once the white stuff starts falling you little the state hasn't paid them for the work they've already done. But of a new payment system isn't in place by next fall it'll be a different story reports WBZ's Doug Cope."

[1:07]" As a matter of public safety choice contractors will be on the road tonight."

[1:11]" Matt Frazier of the mass snow and ice association who says even though plow drivers are owed seventy million dollars for work already done for the state they'll be on the job for the snowstorm tonight --"

[1:22]" want to -- contractor that is so what 211000 dollar."

[1:26]" He says money owed is a real burden on association members. Frazier says while plow drivers will continue to work now next season that won't be the case unless a prompt payment system has worked out."

[1:37]" Up next fall. Not a truck what role we've got seven months to fix this problem it needs to happen we need the attention of every alleges."

[1:45]" Or -- WBZ Newsradio 1030 progress to report this morning in contract talks between the city of Boston and the Boston firefighters units. WBZ TV has learned the union and the city have met with a mediator to talk about a new contract firefighters have been without one for more than a year and a half. The points of contention include that. Mandatory drug and alcohol testing firefighters from around the Stater had to distort and today to stage a protest the BBC's Karen Twomey is here to tell us what it's all about."

[2:12]" Claiming the stone is the most unpatriotic town in America members of the professional firefighters of Massachusetts union say they're fighting for more pay for one of their own captain Doug Campbell who was called up for duty in Iraq. Bob McCarthy is with the union have moved out but protect. We looked at a guerrilla but the count says thirty pain more than required by law and that it is aggressively sought to properly compensate employees in the situation. By paying the difference between military and civilian pay as well as benefits selectmen Democrats he sees this as a political ploy."

[2:43]" But it also this union to play politics with the issue is just. Beyond comprehension."

[2:49]" The protest begins at twelve noon today. Karen Twomey WBZ Newsradio 1030 return engagement for the Fitchburg far department officials investigating two blazes the broke out in the same home on Franklin street within a twelve hour period. The first fire in the multifamily home yesterday left ten people without a place to live and and firefighters were called back to the building earlier this morning to battle heavy flames again. That fire has been labeled as suspicious oil futures is where the big money is at crude trading right now at a hundred to ten a barrel on the nymex. For a few minutes overnight it was won all 35. But if you're consumer this is not good news expensive crude oil means expensive gasoline in this WBZ's Mark and it reminds us that isn't cheap right now."

[3:32]" No it wants to seaport dollars a gallon but for motorists for the long way to go it's especially tough. Chris works construction in drives that each day from Bangor Maine."

[3:42]" Yeah definitely -- gas pricing -- it -- in the four dollars and gallon by summertime."

[3:51]" Matt drives -- miles round trip for work an extra dollar a gallon -- about fifteen dollars a week is commuting expenses and that adds up obviously people have to take steps to do -- to control prices somebody's going to -- local solution real soon. -- 128 Weston Mark caddick WBZ Newsradio 1030."

[4:10]" Britain's prince Harry is coming home his ten weeks on the front lines in combat in Afghanistan cut short after word leaked out that he was with the army there. Just about the phone -- Jeff -- is sky news in London who is standing outside the defense ministry at Whitehall."

[4:26]" They're blaming the foreign media poll Braintree the great news black out at. Leaking the story ready to deploy I think it was particularly what it appeared in the truck triple that it became inevitable that prince Harry popped of people that would troll for his -- the -- event around it."

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[5:41]" it's time for the business news now and all right to MarketWatch Enron Lebanon. Well once again this morning there's a lack of good news in the stock futures are hurting even deeper into the red down right now 102 on the Dow futures off fifteen for the Nasdaq fell eleven. For the -- and feel pretty close to 1% declines. Oil prices are about helping the broke through the 103 dollar barrel Mark earlier today. And now order rather robust 1218 a girl. The markets are also reacting to the better than five billion dollar loss reported by EIG 6% decline in quarterly profit bill. European markets the big ones are down and also in Asia overnight Hong Kong and Tokyo markets posted losses. Microsoft going to cut the -- resume versions of its new Vista operating system the cuts range from twenty to 40%. This is reports and they thirty past the hour part Ron Amadon marketwatch.com on WBZ Newsradio 1030."