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Boston Tax Spike, Bruins Triumph, Silver Record, AI Military · 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, December 10th. You'll be
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  interested to know. 124 years ago, today, in
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  1901, the inaugural Nobel Prizes honored pioneering
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  achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine,
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  literature, and peace. recognizing individuals
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  whose work advanced human knowledge and welfare.
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  This landmark recognition established an enduring
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  international standard of excellence and inspired
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  generations of scientists, writers, and activists
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  to pursue creative, beneficial breakthroughs.
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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 cloudy and
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  it feels like 26 degrees, with 7 mile per hour
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  wind. The sunset will take place at 410, and
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  it will rise again tomorrow at 702. It looks
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  like we're in for some rain likely after 11 a
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  .m., with mostly cloudy skies and a high near
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  47, along with a gentle southwest wind at 7 to
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  12 miles per hour, gusting up to 23. Tonight.
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  Expect more rain before 8 p .m. than a chance
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  of patchy fog later, with a low around 30, and
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  the wind staying light at 7 to 10 miles per hour,
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  gusting up to 22. For all you beach runners out
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  there, the first low tide Wednesday will be at
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  9, with a high tide at 315. The nearshore buoy
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 44 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather, Thursday
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  will be mostly sunny with a high near 36 and
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  west winds around 10 to 21 miles per hour, with
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  gusts as high as 30 sun. Temperatures fall to
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  around 21 Thursday night with breezy west winds,
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  then Friday stays sunny near 35 with lighter
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  west winds and a low near 24 Friday night. A
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  slight chance of snow Saturday morning then rain
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  briefly early afternoon with a high near 38.
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  and windows of snow continue into Sunday night,
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  with lows dropping to around 15. Bonjour, food
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  enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to you by
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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 mornings send you. In local
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  news, Boston homeowners are bracing for a dramatic
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  13 percent spike in taxes next month, prompting
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  Mayor Michelle Wu to urge lawmakers and residents
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  to resolve a months -long stalemate. over her
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  proposed solution. This tax hike represents a
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  cumulative 34 % increase since 2023 for residential
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  taxpayers. Meanwhile, commercial properties,
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  which drive Boston's tax revenue, will experience
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  one of their lowest tax shares in decades due
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  to a 6 % value decline. Wu's bill, currently
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  stalled in the state Senate, aims to temporarily
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  exceed state tax limits. and shifts some burden
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  from homeowners to commercial landlords. Without
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  legislative action by January, the average single
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  -family homeowner faces a $780 increase instead
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  of $480 under Wu's cap proposal. Now on to sports.
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  Notre Dame has taken its ball and gone home,
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  and everyone is worse off for it. The 10 -2 Fighting
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  Irish announced they would not accept a bowl
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  bid after being the first team left out of the
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  college football playoff field. But this move
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  is short -sighted and embarrassing, removing
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  any sympathy fans may have had for the Irish.
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  It is hard to see how this decision helps their
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  chances for the 12th national title in 2026.
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  The Irish are giving up valuable bowl practice
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  time. despite having a promising team with bright
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  young players. This disappointing choice reflects
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  poorly on the program's legacy in college football.
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  In Local Sports Last night, the Blues hosted
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  the Bruins in their final regular season meeting,
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  with the Bruins winning 5 -2, sweeping the season
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  series. Robert Thomas opened the scoring for
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  the Blues on a power play. But Fraser Minton
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  and Mark Castellac rallied for the Bruins in
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  the second period, giving them a 2 -1 lead at
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  intermission. The third period saw Minton score
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  again, along with Castellac, while Pavel Zakha
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  sealed the victory with a late goal. The Bruins
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  outshot the Blues for the game, 31 -26. Next,
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  the Bruins faced the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday
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  night. In top news, How many dog treats is too
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  many for your pup? We asked veterinarians for
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  guidance on this question. Everyone loves to
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  spoil their pet with toys and treats, but too
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  many treats can interfere with a dog's core diet.
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  Experts recommend that treats should make up
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  no more than 10 % of a pet's daily calorie intake.
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  When choosing treats, look for those that clearly
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  state the number of calories and ingredients.
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  Additionally, consider the size of the treat,
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  ensuring it is proportional to your dog's size
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  to avoid choking hazards. In business news, silver
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  prices have just smashed a new record, with a
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  precious metals value roughly doubling since
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  the start of the year, far outpacing stocks,
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  gold, and cryptocurrencies. On Tuesday, silver
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  broke a fresh record, rising above $60 per troy
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  ounce on New York's commodity exchange for the
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  first time ever. Analysts attribute this surge
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  to a mix of factors, including a weakened dollar,
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  tariff politics, and supply shortages. With industrial
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  demand soaring and technological changes driving
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  usage, demand is greater than supply every year.
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  The silver boom is boosting mining companies
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  with notable stock price increases across major
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  firms. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 3 %
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  to about $93 ,000. Ethereum is up 7 % to just
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  over $3 ,300. And XRP is up 1 % to $2 .08. 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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  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 now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk tech. Google is
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  powering a new United States military artificial
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  intelligence platform. The company states that
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  Gemini can assist with tasks like summarizing
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  policy handbooks. and creating risk assessments.
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  The Department of Defense is launching its own
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  bespoke AI platform, GenAI .mil, with Google
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  Cloud's GenNI as the first available tool, according
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  to a press release. Secretary of Defense Pete
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  Hegseth claims the platform puts the world's
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  most powerful frontier AI models directly into
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  the hands of every American warrior. He emphasized
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  that the future of American warfare is here,
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  and it's spelled AI. Google asserts that the
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  platform is for unclassified work only, ensuring
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  that data is not used to train public models.
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  And in entertainment news, The Odyssey gets a
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  six -minute prologue trailer ahead of Avatar,
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  Fire and Ash. When millions of moviegoers fill
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  IMAX auditoriums to see James Cameron's avatar,
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  Fire and Ash, they will enjoy an extended sneak
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  peek at one of 2026's biggest films, Christopher
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  Nolan's The Odyssey. This prologue features Matt
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  Damon, who plays the hero on a years -long journey
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  home after fighting in the Trojan War. Dupralak
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  will also screen on IMAX this weekend before
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  Warner Bros. re -releases of its film, Sthinners.
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  Warner Bros. re -releases of its film, Sthinners.
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  IMAX has a long -standing partnership with Nolan,
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  having previously screened a sneak peek of his
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  film, Oppenheimer. The Odyssey will be the first
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  film shot entirely with IMAX film cameras. Well,
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  all righty, folks. It's time for the quote of
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  the day. And today... Our quote comes from the
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  American author and philosopher William James
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  Durant, and he said, And that's a wrap for this
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  morning. You can check out our Instagram, YouTube,
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  and TikTok for some captivating aerial videos
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  with local news and the weather reports. Have
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  an amazing day, my good friends! We'll see you
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  tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.