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Newton's Iconic Stripe Restored, Red Sox Eye Sweep · Sunny Mornings Boston

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  Good morning and a warm welcome to your show,
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston. I'm your host, Melissa,
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  and it's Wednesday, May 6th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 72 years ago, today, in 1954, Roger
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  Bannister became the first person to run a four
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  -minute mile, finishing in three minutes, 59
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  .4 seconds, and shattering a long -standing athletic
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  barrier. The achievement transformed public belief
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  about human limits, inspiring athletes worldwide
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  and establishing a new standard for middle distance
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  running and sporting determination. So now you
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  know. And now, it's time for the weather report.
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  This morning, it's mostly cloudy and it feels
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  like 61 degrees with 10 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 7 .48, and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 5 .29. It looks like we're
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  in for a mostly cloudy day, with rain showers
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  likely after 3 p .m., and a high near 70, along
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  with a moderate southwest wind, around 14 mph,
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  gusting up to 29. If you're inland, it will hit
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  a high of 70. Tonight. Expect rain showers and
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  cloudy skies with a low around 52 and a light
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  west breeze around 10 miles per hour, gusting
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  up to 25. The near -shore gooey at Cape Cod Bay
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  reads 47 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Thursday morning holds
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  a chance of light rain before 10 a .m., then
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  turns mostly sunny with a high near 66. and a
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  west wind around 7 mph. Friday is mostly sunny
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  with a high near 64, and west winds 6 to 10 mph
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  before a cooler Saturday with a chance of showers
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  after 8 a .m., highs near 63, and south winds
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  5 to 13 mph. Sunday warms to near 70 with mostly
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  sunny skies, but a chance of evening showers,
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  and nights stay in the upper 40s to around 50.
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  Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast is brought
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  to you by Versailles Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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  Benedict or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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  to get your morning coffee. They are open every
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny Morning sent you. In local
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  news, after a bit of community uproar, an iconic
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  piece of Newton is back. Adams Street's red,
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  white, and green Italian Center strike has been
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  restored nearly one year after it was painted
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  over by former Mayor Ruth Ann Fuller, who cited
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  safety concerns. New Newton Mayor Mark Laredo,
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  who took office on January 1st, encouraged his
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  team to find a way to restore the lines while
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  considering safety. Neighbors, business owners,
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  and pedestrians are reveling in the stripe's
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  return, feeling that a piece of their community
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  identity has been reclaimed. This move has garnered
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  praise, with some locals blaming former Mayor
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  Fuller for past decisions. Now on to sports.
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  The Toronto Maple Leafs have won the number one
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  pick at the 2026 National Hockey League draft,
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  leaping four spots during the lottery on Tuesday
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  night. The Leafs entered the lottery, which was
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  televised live and held at National Hockey League
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  Network Studios in Secaucus, New Jersey, with
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  just an 8 .5 % chance of winning the top selection.
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  The Leafs have only made two number one picks.
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  Wendell Clark in 1985, and Austin Matthews in
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  2016. The San Jose Sharks, the Vancouver Canucks,
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  the Chicago Blackhawks, and the New York Rangers
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  rounded out the top five. In local sports, the
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  Red Sox are rolling. After dominating Detroit
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  the last two nights, 10 -3 yesterday and 5 -4
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  the night before, they're back at Comerica Park
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  tonight gunning for the sweep. Sonny Gray takes
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  the ball against Jack Flaherty with first pitch
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  at 640. Sadon Rafaela was the star last night,
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  going three for five with four RBS and a home
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  run. William Abreu added three hits and a shot
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  of his own. Gray's been solid all season and
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  Boston's offense is clicking. So if that continues,
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  the Sox could put this one away early. and leave
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  town with some real momentum heading forward.
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  Meanwhile, the Celtics are dealing with fallout
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  from their first -round exit. Jalen Brown caught
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  a 50 -grand fine from the NBA after calling out
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  officiating in a livestream Sunday, saying referees
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  clearly had an agenda against him. He'd been
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  whistled for 10 offensive fouls in the series,
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  more than double any other player. Brown was
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  previously fined 35 grand. in January for similar
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  comments. He also took shots at the Sixers, Joel
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  Embiid for flopping, noting Embiid shot way more
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  free throws in this series than he did all season.
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  It's a tough pill to swallow for a team that
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  was supposed to contend. In top news, FDA halts
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  publication of studies on vaccines for COVID
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  -19 and shingles, according to a spokesman for
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  the Health and Human Services Department. This
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  news follows the Centers for Disease Control
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  and Prevention's decision to not publish a report
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  indicating last winter's COVID vaccine reduced
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  the risk of hospitalizations. One safety study
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  examined the association between the 2023 and
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  2024 COVID vaccine and various health conditions.
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  The study, authored by FDA scientists, was withdrawn
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  during the peer review process. An abstract from
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  the study stated that no new safety concerns
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  were found following vaccination among U .S.
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  health plan enrollees age 6 months to 64 years.
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  In business news, Costco keeps getting busier,
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  with store visits up by more than 18 % over the
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  last 7 years. Traffic trends at Walmart and Target
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  are mostly flat, according to Placer .a -i. The
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  growth brings additional pressure on warehouses,
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  and Costco is having to get creative with solutions.
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  Shopping visits to Costco warehouses increased
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  by more than 18 % from the first quarter of 2019
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  to 2026. This growth results from visits to new
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  warehouses and increased traffic at existing
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  ones. In contrast, store traffic trends at Walmart
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  and Target have remained mostly flat during the
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  same period. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is unchanged
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  at $81 ,000. Ethereum is unchanged at about $2
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  ,000. And XRP is unchanged at $1 .41. Moving
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  on to a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness, we are working with a
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  national Pilates studio to bring you some free
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  classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates.
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them, sunny morning sent you by. And
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk tech. Google,
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  Microsoft, and XAI will allow the United States
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  government to review their new artificial intelligence
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  models. The Center for Artificial Intelligence
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  Standards and Innovation will evaluate new models
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  before they are released publicly. In an announcement
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  on Tuesday, the Commerce Department's Center
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  for Artificial Intelligence Standards and Innovation
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  states that it will work with the companies to
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  conduct pre -deployment evaluations and research
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  to assess their capabilities. The Center has
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  performed 40 reviews so far. Reports suggest
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  that the White House may consider an executive
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  order to oversee new artificial intelligence
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  models. And in entertainment news, Scary Island
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  is a new adaptation of the classic novel, conveying
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  the horror and tragedy of children trying to
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  survive. David McKenna stars as the pragmatic
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  piggy. The Lord of the Flies is the kind of show
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  you praise by emphasizing how hard it is to watch.
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  Adapted from William Golding's classic 1954 novel
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  by Jack Thorne, directed by Mark Mundin, and
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  originally aired by the British Broadcasting
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  Corporation before coming to Netflix in the United
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  States, the four -episode series retains its
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  World War II backdrop. Watching these boys succumb
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  to their worst instincts is harrowing enough
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  to make you long to look away. Well, alrighty
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  folks, it's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today, our quote comes from the American civil
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  rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. And he
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  said, Faith is taking the first step even when
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  you don't see the whole staircase. And that's
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  a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. Have an amazing day, my good friends.
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  We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.