Antonio NewsCast

Good afternoon it’s Monday Oct 28, 2013 at 5 o’clock and your listening to the New WKNJ90.3 FM UNION, NJ and I’m Antonio Amorim with the news.

In national new, 

New Jerseys highest court denied Governor Chris Christie's request to put gay marriage on hold, while the states appeal is heard, which means same sex couples in the garden state will be able to get married starting Monday Oct 21, 2013 at mid night. Chris Christie's has favored civil unions, which New Jersey began offering in 2007, but he opposes gay marriage. New Jersey is now the 14th state where same sex marriage is legal. 

In international news

Portugal plans to cut spending by 3.2 billion euros ($4.3 billion) next year to meet budget deficit targets as it tries to exit its bailout program.

The 2014 budget was handed in to parliament yesterday and includes 1.3 billion euros of cuts to personnel costs, Finance Minister Maria Luis Albuquerque told reporters in Lisbon last night. Salaries of state workers earning more than 600 euros a month will be cut between 2.5 percent and 12 percent.

 It expects GDP will shrink 1.8 percent this year. The unemployment rate will be 17.7 percent in 2014. Portugal’s economy expanded in the second quarter for the first time since 2010 as export growth accelerated.

In sports

Desperate times call for desperate conversations. In St. Louis, that means the possibility of adding Tim Tebow to the roster.

St. Louis is in dire need of quarterback reported Sunday night that Sam Bradford tore his ACL. 

The injury likely knocks Bradford out for the rest of the season.

A little Tebow talk shouldn't be a complete shock. The Rams were one of the teams that inquired about trading for Tebow in 2012 before the Denver Broncos dealt him to the New York Jets. They need to add someone to the mix, but we can't imagine them wanting to bring in Tebow unless he had a real chance to get on the field.

In pop culture

The box office this weekend had Gravity on top with $31 million dollars

The pull of Gravity was the most powerful force at the box office for a third consecutive weekend, as the 3D space epic dominated.

Since opening on Oct. 4, "Gravity" has taken in $170 million domestically and more than $250 million worldwide. The studio is firing the retro rockets in terms of cashing in; it added 160 theaters to land "Gravity" in a market high 3,820 locations, the vast majority of those 3D and Imax.

That’s it for the news. You’re listening to new WKNJ 90.3 FM Union, New Jersey. I’m Antonio Amorim and we’ll be right back.