My WBZ Afternoon Headlines 10/15/2008

[0:00]" Good afternoon it's 3 o'clock in we have sunny skies over Boston sixty degrees I'm Diane Stern and here's what the following in the WBZ news broke."

[0:08]" Triple digit losses so far today on Wall Street the Dow is down 491. Points as traders feared they are words."

[0:17]" The market want to report coming up the economy or go negative against Obama strategies for tonight's debate is the big question is which. John McCain is going to show up at WBZ AccuWeather forecast is coming up. And Carl Stevens is in New Hampshire."

[0:35]" You're sure welcome Sarah Palin we've locked a -- I'm Carl Stevens in Dover, New Hampshire and this afternoon commute is rusty by the most trusted name in mattresses sleep is the mattress professionals. This may come as no surprise the -- reports the US has sunk deeper into a rot. The Federal Reserve's new snapshot of business conditions around the country chose the economy losing more ground in early fall. Consumer spending slowed manufacturing was sluggish. That chair Ben Bernanke warns the economy will continue to be slow even -- and stabilized financial system. Art Hogan is chief market analyst at Jefferies and company. He says keep your seat belt buckles."

[1:16]" It's early will be the -- not the exception I think that unfortunately with a magnitude. The issues that we're facing big uptick in big down days are going to be you know we're in front of us for at least them you know until it. Yes sometime the first effort 2009."

[1:30]" Meantime the G-8 leaders are speaking as one they have pledged to meet in the near future to -- ways to deal with the global financial -- The plan include strengthening their banks. And trying to restore confidence in the economy. And we're getting advance details of the deep budget cuts the Governor Patrick will announce in just a couple of hours. The Associated Press quotes a top state official as saying the governor will chop 1000. State jobs. That's layoffs attrition and hiring freeze. Cut 700 million dollars in spending. And dig deep into the rainy day fund. This is all to offset a projected shortfall in tax collections of over one billion dollars. Michael Widmer with a mass taxpayers foundation says the cuts will be felt throughout the state."

[2:14]" Cuts in local laid down the road that affects local services if you're in the human services. Network. Low in come our people need. They're going to be impacted very likely over the next few months because of the cuts that the governor announces today mental health. Medicaid program a variety wide variety of services."

[2:34]" Some agencies have already stepped up to the plate Chief Justice Margaret Marshall says the state courts will cut thirty million dollars. By ending most travel and conferences. Attorney General Martha Coakley says she will cut up to a million dollars from her office. And we have a reminder you can see the governor's announcement at five this afternoon on our website wbz1030.com. Then tonight at 8 o'clock. He will be a guest on Dan raised night sides program that's life in studio here at WBZ Newsradio Governor Patrick 8 o'clock. On WBZ news radio 1037. ABC news time 33 here's Scott -- with the super dealers of New England all wheel drive traffic on the -- it's brought to you by East Boston savings."

[4:17]" Sarah pay on today in New Hampshire here in -- over it there's home to 200 people. The fine people of New Hampshire and then. The fine people of NASA to do that's yeah."

[4:31]" Details from WBZ's Carl Stevens coming up here on WBZ with a time is 3."

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[5:37]" WBZ news time 3561. Degrees and sunny in Boston will have the forecast for you and less than five minutes here on WBZ Newsradio. For the second time in less than a year Vice President Dick Cheney is having a procedure to restore normal heart rhythm. This is a recurrence of atrial fibrillation. He experienced an abnormal heartbeat this morning and had to cancel planned campaign event in Illinois for later today. Former First Lady Nancy -- Reagan is hospitalized after a fall the 87 year old fell on her bell air home last week but has been having pain. Doctors determined she broke her pelvis. But plan no surgery. One last chance for the major presidential candidates to meet face to face in debate. Tonight's one on one on Long Island New York is bound to focus on the economy Barack Obama according to some of the polls is up by double digits. So what this is Republican challenger have to do. Here's David mark senior editor of politico dot com com."

[6:37]" John McCain's concentration estimate does -- want to go. Highly negative on Barack Obama raised the William -- this year. And throw the kitchen ticket at Obama -- want to take the high road and talk about the economic crisis which eighteen Americans. He did give an indication that he's going to do -- so big question is which John McCain is going to show up."

[6:56]" You can hear the debate live on WBZ Newsradio 1030 and see on our website wbz1030.com. 9 o'clock start. McCain's running mate Sarah Palin has been selling New Hampshire voters that she feels a kinship with the -- on terrorism tax haters of that state. WBZ's Carl Stevens has more from Dover."

[7:16]" The crowd that filled Dover high school -- Sarah Palin talked about herself and John McCain is a couple budget cutting mavericks who were not afraid to step up and told to turn around America."

[7:25]" He and I were the only ones in this race with track records that actually prove we can't reform it -- then just talking the talk. We walked the walk."

[7:37]" Chemical weapon in the crowd wore jerseys that red hockey mom. Like this woman who had nothing but praise for Sarah Palin."

[7:44]" She's just an average person that thinks like all of us. And has this thing here is easing concerns that all of us have."

[7:52]" Bill is hoping to win over some Independent women in this state that could go either way."

[7:56]" From Dover, New Hampshire Carl Stevens WBZ Newsradio 1030 hopefully this is not an -- one of the most visible landmarks near Fenway Park the Citgo sign was hit by a small fire today. And blackened some of the panels on the sign that the fire was quickly put out looks like an electrical problem touched it off. The Red Sox trail the rays 31 of the best of seven ALC yes. Boston could be eliminated tomorrow in game five will have much more in sports with WBZ is Tom Cuddy at 315. Obama's."

[8:27]" McCain six candidates debate Thursday night at nine on WBZ. Newsradio 1030 -- on WBZ. Ten."

[8:35]" Already done gone and now John ward I -- marketwatch.com. Diane the poor economy is front and center today in nasty report on retail sales earlier today coupled with a gloomy report from the Federal Reserve. -- the nation's economy. Are teaming up to pushed down stocks the Dow Jones Industrial Average is off some 402. Points the NASDAQ is down 8060 S&P 500. Is slipping 53. The latest region by region snapshot from the Fed. Shows trouble with everything from consumer activity to bank lending to manufacturing. Stocks are falling today despite another drop in the price of oil crude closing down almost 5%. Crude would trade under 75 dollars a barrel today that's where it would settle as the first time it's done that since August 2007. Business report today to 38 past the hour on John Wordock marketwatch.com. On Doug."

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[10:36]" WBZ news and 310 nice afternoon 61 degrees bright sunshine."

[10:41]" Here's the extended WBZ AccuWeather forecast -- Bob Larson partly cloudy tonight low 52 some sunshine given way to clouds tomorrow that afternoon shower high is 66 in the diminish our 2 hour evening. First pitch temperature for game five of the American League Championship Series 58 clearing breezy and cooler later -- Diallo 47. For Friday and Saturday cited a partly cloudy and cooler -- Friday 58 -- Saturday just 52. -- weather in just ten minutes. I'm WBZ. AccuWeather meteorologist. Bob Larson and Boston now once again 61 degrees do you want to talk."

[11:21]" That report to talk let's talk talk talk talk. Dan -- Pittsburgh. -- live studio audience Thursday at stone hill college he needs to quickly go to WBZ 1030 downtown and put on. It's because Britain's the democratic way."

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