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Live Nation Monopoly Verdict, Bruins Face Sabres in Playoffs · 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 Thursday, April 16th. You'll be interested
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  to know, today is National Wear Your Pajamas
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  to Work Day. This playful holiday encourages
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  colleagues to embrace comfort and a relaxed vibe,
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  boosting morale and sparking creative conversations
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  at the office. Join the fun by donning your coziest
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  pajamas and sharing smiles with teammates, a
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  life -hearted way to celebrate together. So now
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  you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, there's patchy fog, and
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  it feels like 57 degrees with 5 mile per hour
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  wind. The sunset will take place at 726. and
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  it will rise again tomorrow at 556. It looks
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  like we're in for some patchy fog and a chance
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  of showers and thunderstorms early, then more
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  cloudy skies with temperatures peaking near 68
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  and a light east freeze around 8 miles per hour.
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  If you're inland, it will hit a high of 69. Tonight,
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  expect continued cloudy conditions with a low
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  of 55. along with a light south breeze around
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  6 miles per hour and a chance of showers and
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  thunderstorms. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod
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  Bay reads 44 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Friday will be
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  partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  at a high near 72, with a light northwest breeze
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  of 2 to 8 miles per hour. and spotty rainfall
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  amounts under a tenth of an inch. Saturday is
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  mostly cloudy and much cooler, with highs near
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  59. Then showers become likely Sunday, with highs
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  near 61, and southwest winds from 6 to 13 mph,
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  turning to a mix of rain and snow Sunday night,
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  with lows around 37 to 39 Monday morning. This
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  podcast is brought to you by Versailles Cafe
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny mornings send you. In local news, the city
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  of Quincy has confirmed that a new Trader Joe's
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  location is coming to the South Shore in 2027.
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  Mark Carey, media director for Mayor Tom Koch,
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  humorously referred to the announcement as the
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  worst kept secret. The store will be a key part
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  of a development project on McConville Way. which
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  will also feature 300 housing units and a parking
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  garage. Currently, the South Shore has two Trader
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  Joe's locations, one in Hingham and another in
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  Hanover. This will be the first time Trader Joe's
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  has appeared on any official documents related
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  to the development. Now on to sports. On Tuesday,
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  rumors began to swirl that the end was nigh for
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  Liv Golf. Sources from across golf sent up the
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  same smoke signal. Liv Golf, as suddenly as it
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  was born, was seemingly dead. If Liv does go
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  the way of the dodo bird, it is hard not to view
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  the 2026 Masters as the final nail in the Disruptor
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  League's coffin. Apart from a great T3 performance
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  by Tyrell Hatton, It was a disastrous showing
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  in Augusta by Liv's biggest stars. Bryson DeChambeau,
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  the league's biggest asset and one of the tournament
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  favorites, looked completely lost. In local sports,
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  the Red Sox are back at Fenway tomorrow night
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  to take on Detroit, looking to build on yesterday's
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  9 -5 win over Minnesota. Trevor Story was the
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  star in that comeback, going 2 -4 with a homer
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  and 5 RBI. Connolly Early was brilliant on the
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  mound, allowing just two hits over six innings
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  with five strikeouts. Ranger Suarez takes the
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  ball against Casey Mize tomorrow at 7 -15. Boston
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  sits at 7 -11, still last in the AL East, but
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  the offense showed life yesterday after that
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  rough Minnesota stretch. Over on the ice, the
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  Bruins just wrapped their regular season and
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  they're heading into the playoffs hungry. David
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  Pasternak made history in that finale, posting
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  his fourth 100 -point season, joining only Bobby
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  Orr and Phil Esposito in black and gold history.
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  Even wilder, it's his fourth straight century
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  season. Boston clinched the wild card and will
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  face Buffalo in the first round. They last met
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  the Sabres in the playoffs back in 2010, taking
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  that series in six. Game one is set for April
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  18th, or April 19th up in Buffalo. In top news,
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  Live Nation has lost a jury trial in a significant
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  monopoly case against multiple states. The ruling
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  has major implications across the live music
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  business, as a judge will now decide on remedies.
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  which could include a breakup of Live Nation
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  and Ticketmaster. Live Nation Entertainment has
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  been found liable in a bombshell lawsuit that
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  could drastically shake up the live music landscape.
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  Jurors determined that Live Nation operates as
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  a monopoly, suppressing competitors and increasing
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  ticket costs for fans. This verdict follows a
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  lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice and
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  nearly 40 plaintiff states in May of 2024. In
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  business news, this tax season's big winners
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  received over $32 billion back from new tax cuts.
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  Many homeowners in Democratic -leaning states
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  received hefty tax refunds. For taxpayers this
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  year, the state and local tax deduction has been
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  sweet. Individuals who utilized a much higher
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  federal deduction for state and local taxes paid
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  have benefited significantly under the Republican
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  Party's One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Internal
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  Revenue Service statistics indicate that income
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  tax refunds are 11 % larger than last year due
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  to new tax breaks. More than 53 million taxpayers
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  claimed at least one of these new deductions,
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  including more than 25 million households who
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  deducted an average of $3 ,100 for overtime pay.
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  The Internal Revenue Service has received almost
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  100 million returns so far. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is unchanged at $75 ,000. Ethereum is
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  up 1 % to about $2 ,000. And XRP is up 3 .5 %
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  to $1 .41. Moving on to a more local vibe. and
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  our community spotlight on health and wellness.
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  We are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them, sunny
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  morning sent you by. And now, back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. Costco has rolled out a new
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  checkout system that promises to cut transaction
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  times to just seconds. However, early reactions
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  indicate one significant problem. Employees report
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  that the new pre -scan system is causing mistakes
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  and frustration, despite claims from the company
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  that it speeds up lines. According to Chief Financial
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  Officer Gary Millerchip, this process allows
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  for an average transaction time of around eight
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  seconds. While early results suggest improved
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  traffic flow, there are concerns about its effectiveness
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  in practice. This shift reflects a broader trend
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  in retail to streamline the checkout experience.
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  And in entertainment news, Dan Levy wanted to
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  explore family trauma and dysfunction. So he
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  made big mistakes. You might wonder what Dan
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  Levy has been up to in the six years since bidding
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  farewell to Schitt's Creek. the beloved acerbic
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  comedy series he co -created and co -starred
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  in with his father, Eugene Levy. The answer is
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  he has turned to a life of crime. His new series
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  for Netflix, Big Mistakes, was released on April
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  9th and is once again centered on a dysfunctional
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  family. The family includes hapless siblings
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  Nikki and Morgan, their seemingly perfect sister
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  Natalie, and their domineering mother Linda.
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  Well, alrighty folks, it's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American author and humorist, James Thurber.
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  And he said, Humor is emotional chaos remembered
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  in tranquility. And that's a wrap for this morning.
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  You can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and
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  TikTok for some captivating aerial videos with
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  local news and the weather reports. Have an amazing
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  day, my good friends. We'll see you tomorrow
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  with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.