My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 05/12/2008

[0:00]" WB ZWBZHD Boston. This is WBZ Boston. The air online 24 hours today WBZ Newsradio 1030. Every day. Good afternoon and it's 3 o'clock it's a breezy afternoon some sunshine and 45 degrees in Boston I'm Diane Stern. Here's where we're following strong emotions in South Boston courtroom -- of them thought he added I'm Carl Stevens in -- thousands dead and injured in a huge earthquake in central China. A lot of cats and injuries haven't heard from her black gold up thousands of families go to court believing that a vaccine preservative leads to autism. We'll have that story as well. The WBZ AccuWeather forecast that Bob Larson windy chilly weather across the area tonight as they windy tomorrow returning noticeably milder. During the afternoon on Wall Street final trading hour the Dow was up 146 and spread learned the hard way that life is a marathon market watch report coming up. The Celtics and cavaliers -- game number four in Cleveland Celtics yet to win a road game. In this postseason Red Sox aren't Minnesota."

[1:07]" This afternoon -- is brought to you by the most trusted name in mattresses sleep -- the mattress professionals. An emotion charged mourning for the mother of two girls who died in the South Boston fire that prosecutors say was set. Hi -- ordered for the accused WBZ's Carl Stevens was on hand in court he has our top story."

[1:26]" The mother of two year old Sophia and fourteen year old -- he would Johnson sobbed in this court as she watched the arraignment of Nicole -- her former lover. Charged with setting a fire that killed those two girls to -- his attorney said she didn't do it afterwards friends of the family said there sure she did."

[1:41]" At one one on April April what happened that all happened. --"

[1:51]" But prosecutors say Kamensky had an argument with the girl's mother took the house on fire she was ordered held on a million dollars bail. From South Boston district court Carl Stevens WBZ Newsradio 1030 Lawrence Mann is suffering from serious injuries after his dirt bike landed in in New Hampshire pond. Jonathan Garcia was rushed to a Boston hospital after yesterday's accident in dairy. Police say he was writing east on an old rail bed when he lost control hit a tree and was thrown off his bike Garcia and the bike went down an embankment. And police found him lying face down in Ballard pond. A massive earthquake in central China has claimed nearly 9000 lives state run media saying that hundreds of students in one province were trapped in the rubble of their school. The quake had a magnitude seven point eight. More than 10000 people may have been injured CBS Cecilia happen in Beijing says a rescue effort is well underway."

[2:48]" They're really tried to assure people that they have everything under control. A lot of the images on China's state run television show aid workers rushing to the scene there really even -- the death toll is quite high the Chinese government really is trying to instill a sense of calm at this moment to try to reassure the people -- one province. That relief is on the way."

[3:06]" Compare that to the situation in Myanmar concerns are mounting today that US aid for the cyclone victims won't get to the people who need it most. The director of US foreign disaster aid says there is massive concern about what will happen to relief supplies. In that tightly controlled military led country. The Myanmar government is allowing two more USC 130 flights and but experts say it's only a small fraction of what -- US and other countries are prepared for life. WBZ news time 35 of sunshine this afternoon a few clouds as well it's breezy very breezy. When's it coming out of the east northeast in gusting to about 25 miles an hour 45 degrees in Boston so that does make it feel quite a bit colder actually in the twenty's at times. A Coast Guard search continues off the New Hampshire coast. For a lot -- his boat sank an air and water search for Christopher Toby of kid can remain was launched atop his daughter alerted authorities this morning. To save the vessel the save a buck sank off the isle of shoals obese son and a crew member were rescued. Thousands of American families are convinced that there is a link between vaccines with a certain preservative and autism. Four years ago though the institute of medicine said there was no evidence of that. ABC's -- trustees tells us the issue has landed in court today."

[4:28]" Thousands of families say there is a connection between vaccines that contain Mercury based preservative and autism. Medical studies have concluded there is no credible evidence the vaccines with the -- salt caused autism and doctors worry claims of a link would prevent people from getting needed vaccines. A special master in the Court of Federal Claims will hear today from 210 year old test cases to determine whether fairly should be compensated."

[4:51]" The Maris -- has been removed from standard childhood vaccines except for flu vaccines that are not packaged in single doses. Autism typically appears during the first three years of life. Updating now the long and winding road toward divorce -- shortened event for Paul McCartney and his estranged wife. The AP's Marjorie zero letter reports that the."

[5:14]" By this summer Paul McCartney could be a single man a judge in London has granted a preliminary divorce to McCartney and Heather Mills. They'll be final in six weeks if no one objects. Mills will get a settlement of 47 point five million dollars in custody of their four year old daughter Beatrice. McCartney will keep most of his fortune which the court estimates is 880 million dollars. McCartney and mills married at an Irish castle in 2002 and separated for years later. Neither McCartney nor mills was in court Monday I'm -- cheese are -- out. A skiing was off the charts this season in Maine the State's two largest ski areas Sunday river and sugarloaf. -- skiing into this month may and the season broke a record that your resort some more than 20% increase over last season. The reasons -- thought to be an unusually snowy winter -- snowmaking. And strong season pass sales Canadians were much more likely to ski in Maine with the continuing strength of the Canadian dollar. WBZ news time 38."

[8:55]" in Cleveland Cavaliers of playoff game four in Cleveland. As impressive as the -- have been at home in the postseason may have been just as an impressive on the wrote Doc Rivers Paul Pierce."

[9:03]" Between so far and it's not the road it's the last two games for me there are Cleveland has come out. With more energy to start the days and gotten off to great starts you do that are on the road is very difficult to get back again."

[9:18]" I think as saying well we've learned is the intensity of focus and concentration. Especially on the road I think it's easy for us home for us to be an elite team for us to be a thing that can make it to the championship we got -- amount is known Rome."