My WBZ Afternoon News 07/04/2008

[0:01]" Easy WBZ HD. Boston San Diego. Three news weather on the tenth. When it happened it's radio ten. Every day WBZ news time. -- clocked at 71 degrees hazy sunshine clouds and Boston good afternoon I'm Barack ritzy for Diane Stern. Here's what we're following a WBZ newsroom this fourth of July 1 happy birthday America we're keeping an eye on this guy is this for the July hard thunderstorms will be a common theme over the next several days what a couple of showers around tonight especially -- folks gathered all along the banks of the Charles River in Boston and you --"

[0:46]" Lana Jones and gets the -- for America's biggest fourth of July party -- right now."

[1:31]" Margaret has assisted on the younger teens rushed over with a tarp in the can't -- she all of the bags of supplies that cleaning and be moving coming -- So we get at them. At the opposite end of the spectrum Matt this is is very first time."

[1:45]" We're just discussing what we -- going to do it hurts the fourth of July so. Just like well we went to DC dusters are going to go to Boston this year for the -- if she's been here before."

[1:53]" Depending on how today OC says he may be back on the -- split on Karen Twomey WBZ Newsradio ten this Lana Jones and -- with leaving Thomas and friends camp just a few feet from the -- it'll be fired -- to the 1812 overture. Now how close you are these howitzers. -- you're hired deliberately because ballot since."

[2:14]" Yeah we are here last year an it was a good spot sound it was really fun you know it'd get used pirates of the season. Could you hear anything that day after. -- and I and ringing in town and near here this is their fourth fourth obviously not yeah now. Better -- it's always been an. You know it's it there's some things like -- there always the same but it's always really -- on he has would Lana Jones WBZ Newsradio 1030."

[2:46]" And you say you can't make a dubious when but you wanna hear what's going on well keep it right here WBZ Newsradio 1030 Blair the concert for you tonight. Our program begins this evening at 7 o'clock all the way through the massive fireworks finale. With a man who brings you the fireworks show every fourth of July is David -- he'll be keeping a close eye on the weather tonight with the rain a possibility. He's the one that will decide what to do when the time comes regarding the multimillion dollar fireworks extravaganza are."

[3:15]" Serb member Obama looked up calls that have to make him. We can apply -- that they considerably quieter grain they can defied an almost any wouldn't weather conditions except."

[3:26]" imbued are will be in a command center surrounded by two meteorologists and other experts to make sure that the fireworks go off without a hitch. And as safely as possible. Vice President Dick Cheney was in Boston this fourth of July in -- was visited old ironsides over in Charlestown revealed about the -- The military during a re enlistment ceremony also greeted several newest Hewitt new US citizen says the USS constitution was a backdrop today for about two dozen people who were sworn in as US citizens. The USS constitution commissioned in 1797 never lost the battle as the oldest commissioned ship. In the United States -- A shooting between cars heading down route 24 early this morning we'll have details of that story next as the WBZ afternoon news continues WBZ."

[4:15]" A car full of young people coming up route 24 from Brockton fair early this morning shot at by somebody pulled alongside driving on the highway. More -- county district attorney bill Keating says that somebody in the second car came up through the some rules and fired eight shots from a 45 into that car full of young people."

[4:32]" Three of the five people in the victim's car -- victims of the shooting and they. Wounded three of the five were taken to Boston area hospitals where they're being treated for non life threatening injuries."

[4:45]" Investigators still trying to put the pieces together are asking anybody who may have seen what happened to call state police. Carl Stevens WBZ Newsradio 1030 WBZ news."

[4:54]" Now 37 the Coast Guard vessel and block island ferry that collided this past week will both remain more until a final investigation has wrapped up. On just what went wrong no serious injuries reported when the Coast Guard vessel hit the ferry on his way to block island. Officials want to see if dense fog played a role in that collision since both vessels were using radar. Prosecutors involved in the murder for hire trial of John jay brooks in New Hampshire released. One of the largest witness list were criminal case in recent memory this list includes your -- 354 possible witnesses including investigators from thirteen law enforcement agencies. Brooks is accused of organizing and paying for the murder Jack Reid senior back in 2005 because he thought Reid who was handyman. Stole over half a million dollars from his home. And here's a tradition that's been going on since 1916 on this day fourth of July. It's the hot dog eating contest on coney island in New York and today we had -- we had a need off as you heard me right sudden death if you will in the hot dog eating contest. ABC's Aaron doctors Q was there when the gluten this gladiators faced off."

[6:03]" That -- at 35000 people here in coney island New York and an unprecedented -- off Joey Chestnut Hill. Which may not against title. Champion of the world. The Arab hoping just be a six time champion himself for the second year in a row comes in second and pitchers -- ABC news coming up -- new York's."

[6:23]" Lot of hot dogs 59 francs in ten minutes before they were made to -- another five hot dogs and both competitors looked a little kid. After the competition."

[6:43]" ABC news time to really time to check in the market watch dot com first to tell you the Wall Street's closed today there are no numbers on Wall Street because the fourth of July holiday but. Go to market watch dot com and Charlie turner with the the story about the fastest growing demographic in wine industry it is the young drinkers."

[7:01]" The wine industry in the US is getting a big boost from young Americans who were drinking copious amounts but making a great line is not enough. Vintners including those from California's Napa valley are discovering that they have to work harder to attract young drinkers attention and to bring about brand loyalty. Wine consumption and the United States has risen each year for the past fourteen years the fastest growing segment of drinkers is the millennial generation which started reaching adulthood around the year 2000. Instead of drinking beer and college many millennial started out drinking wine experts say the millennial began with a value lines like the two dollar Charles Shaw -- buck chuck. These winds were widely expected to kill the business but haven't. Several family on Napa valley wineries are now being run by the younger generation those in their -- one young vendor says -- choose their lines based not on the brand names -- on new projects -- names the unique stories -- also like to do research on the Internet before -- lines and wineries are now conducting more tourists and holding events featuring live music to appeal to the new generation of drinkers Charlie turner marketwatch.com on WBZ Newsradio 1030."

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[8:45]" If your health care isn't working neither are your employees that's why America's family physicians are introducing a new model of patient centered care so employees can better manage their health and employers can better manage their costs learn more AFP dot org slash value message from the American academy of family physicians."

[9:02]" WBZ news time -- 311 we check the extended WBZ AccuWeather forecast -- it's an important month specially for tonight brought to you by the Boston Medical Center and here's meteorologist Kerry Schwindenhammer."

[9:41]" And in Hartford cloudy seventy degrees in Providence cloudy it's 71 in Worcester -- these guys 64 degrees here in Boston seventy degrees. Cloudy skies right outside a WBZ studios WBZ news times 312. BC news time 315 time for WBZ's sports brought -- by Verizon and here's Alan Segel Alan take away."