5 Things to Know Today: March 7, 2012

1. The weather

The National Weather Service says we can expect partly sunny skies with a high near 62. Wednesday night there will be showers, likely after 1 a.m. Skies will be mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.

2. Gas prices

According to DetroitGasPrices.com, the lowest reported gasoline price in the White Lake area as of Tuesday night was $3.85 per gallon at the gas station.

3. On this day in history

According to History.com, in 1876, 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for his revolutionary new invention–the telephone. Bell's patent filing beat a similar claim by Elisha Gray by only two hours. Not wanting to be shut out of the communications market, Western Union Telegraph Company employed Gray and fellow inventor Thomas A. Edison to develop their own telephone technology. Bell sued, and the case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court, which upheld Bell's patent rights. In the years to come, the Bell Company withstood repeated legal challenges to emerge as the massive American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) and form the foundation of the modern telecommunications industry.

4. In the news

A White Lake woman is suing a company for $5 million dollars after they repossessed her car with a half-tank of gas in it. Do you agree with her lawsuit? Tell us in today's Talk About Town.

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