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Celtics vs Spurs Showdown, NH Toll Hike Sparks Debate · 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 Tuesday, March 10th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 150 years ago, today, in 1876, Alexander
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  Graham Bell spoke the first clear sentence into
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  a new telephone, and his assistant heard him
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  over a distant wire, creating the inaugural successful
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  telephone conversation. That achievement proved
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  voices could be transmitted electrically, launching
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  a global communication revolution that transformed
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  business, family life, and long -distance connection.
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  So now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, it's mostly sunny and it
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  feels like 39 degrees, with 5 mile per hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 644, and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 659. It looks like we're
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  in for a sunny day with a high near 74 and a
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  light southwest breeze around 5. Tonight, expect
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  partly cloudy skies with a low of 42 and light
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  winds continuing. The nearshore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 37 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Wednesday looks
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  mostly cloudy with a chance of rain after 7 a
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  .m. and a high near 58, with light southeast
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  winds 3 to 8 miles per hour. Wednesday night
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  into Thursday bring breezy southerly, then westerly
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  winds with chances of rain and lows near 46 Wednesday
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  night and near 29 Thursday night. Then Friday
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  turns mostly sunny with a high near 44 before
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  rain returns. Saturday morning into the weekend
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  mornings. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This podcast
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  They are open every day from 8 to 5. So stop
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  on by and don't forget to tell them. Sunny mornings
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  send you. In local news, New Hampshire Senate
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  lawmakers approved a proposal last week to increase
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  toll costs for out -of -state drivers, stating
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  that more revenue is needed for infrastructure
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  improvements. Governor Kelly Ayotte opposes the
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  bill, emphasizing her stance against toll hikes.
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  The legislation, supported by a bipartisan group,
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  aims to raise about $53 .3 million in fiscal
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  year 2027 and $72 .9 million in fiscal year 2028.
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  Senator Mark McConkie stated that the toll increases
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  could generate between $560 million and $580
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  million for regional projects. This proposal
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  is the first general system -wide toll increase
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  since 2007. Now onto sports. Aaron Judge led
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  Team USA to its first World Baseball Classic
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  victory over Mexico since 2006, with a thrilling
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  5 -3 win in Houston. Judge broke character, celebrating
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  with a smile and a salute to the bullpen after
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  hitting a two -run home run. The win secured
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  Team USA's control of Pool D, following victories
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  over Brazil and Great Britain. Pitcher Paul Skeens
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  dominated the game, striking out seven batters
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  with his fastest pitch reaching 99 .7 miles per
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  hour. Manager Mark DeRosa emphasized Judge's
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  importance in constructing this star -studded
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  team in local sports. The Seas are set to face
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  the Spurs tonight at 8 p .m. in San Antonio,
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  aiming to break the Spurs' eight -game home win
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  streak. San Antonio boasts a strong home record
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  of 24 wins and six losses, while the Seas hold
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  a solid 22 -11 on the road. In their previous
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  matchup on January 11th, the Spurs edged out
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  the Celtics 100 -95, powered by Victor Rambagnama's
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  21 points. In top news, one of the world's top
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  seasonal forecast models now puts the odds of
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  a strong El Nino developing by late summer at
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  80%. The odds of at least a moderate event are
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  even higher, around 98%. The European Center
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  for Medium -Range Weather Forecasts recently
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  updated its predictions, highlighting increased
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  forecast confidence. Potential impacts for California
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  include warmer coastal waters and reduced coastal
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  fog as marine heatwaves persist. However, some
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  experts caution that past correlations may not
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  hold true. Overall, a significant El Nino event
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  is likely, with tentative signs they could be
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  particularly strong. In business news, United
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  States President Donald Trump bought more than
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  $1 .1 million of Netflix bonds over the last
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  three months as the streaming giant fought Paramount
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  Skydance to acquire Warner Brothers' discovery,
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  according to government disclosures. Trump purchased
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  more than $500 ,000 in Netflix bonds in two transactions
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  on December 12th and 16th, and another more than
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  $600 ,000 on January 2nd and 20th. It is unclear
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  if he made or lost money on these bonds, which
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  carry an interest rate of 5 .375 % and are due
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  in November 2029. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is up 2 % to about $69 ,000. Ethereum is up 1
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  .5 % to $2 ,000. And XRP is up 1 % to $1 .37.
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  Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
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  spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
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  with a national Pilates studio to bring you some
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  free 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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  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 mornings sent you by. And
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk science. Earth's
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  geological record is missing 1 billion years.
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  Scientists have discovered the mystery behind
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  this gap in Earth's history. In geological layers
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  around the world, particularly in the southwestern
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  United States, roughly 1 billion years of rock
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  are absent, a phenomenon known as the Great Unconformity.
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  While previous theories suggested causes like
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  snowball Earth or the formation of this supercontinent,
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  Rodinia, new research indicates that a significant
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  erosion event, predating growth, may be responsible.
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  The study published in the journal, Proceedings
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  of the National Academy of Sciences, highlights
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  Earth's first supercontinent, Columbia, as a
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  key factor in this geological mystery. and in
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  entertainment news. Arnold Schwarzenegger is
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  reviving Conan the Barbarian, with Mission Impossible
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  filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie set to write
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  and direct King Conan. Almost 45 years after
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  starring in Conan the Barbarian, Schwarzenegger
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  is officially picking up the sword again for
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  King Conan, the upcoming third installment in
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  the franchise. Oscar -winning screenwriter Christopher
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  McCrory will helm the film for 20th Century Studios.
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  Over the weekend, Schwarzenegger teased the idea
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  of King Conan, stating it is a great story about
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  Conan being king for 40 years, facing conflict,
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  madness, violence, and magic. Meanwhile, Sylvester
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  Stallone announced he is signed on to produce
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  the upcoming Rambo prequel. Well, all righty,
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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 writer
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  and philosopher Albert Hubbard. And he said,
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  And that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
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  out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
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  captivating aerial videos with local news and
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  the weather reports. Had an amazing day, my good
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  friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.