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Boston Sports Betting Reform Battle, NBA Draft Lottery Overhaul · 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 Friday, May 29th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 73 years ago, today in 1953, Edmund
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  Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit
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  of Mount Everest after a long, daring climb,
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  becoming the first to stand atop the world's
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  highest peak. Their accomplishments symbolized
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  human perseverance and opened new possibilities
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  for high -altitude exploration, inspiring generations
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  to pursue bold, cooperative achievements. So
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  now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, it's partly sunny, and
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  it feels like 57 degrees with 5 mph wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 8 .03 and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 5 .15. It looks like we're
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  in for a mostly sunny day with temperatures reaching
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  near 71, accompanied by a light north wind around
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  6 miles per hour and a slight chance of rain
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  later on. If you're inland, it will hit a high
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  of 71. Tonight. Expect showers and thunderstorms
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  likely before 11 p .m., then rain and patchy
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  fog with a low around 47 and a light southwest
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  breeze around 8 miles per hour. The nearshore
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  buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 59 degrees for the
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  water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
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  Saturday will be mostly cloudy with rain showers
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  and patchy fog. Highs near 55 and north winds
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  of about 14 to 22 mph with gusts as high as 36.
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  Saturday night turns mostly clear with lows near
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  46. Then Sunday becomes mostly sunny and much
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  warmer with highs near 71 and lighter northwest
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  winds. A chance of showers returns Monday into
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  Tuesday, with showers and thunderstorms likely
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  Monday afternoon and evening. and overnight lows
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  in the low 50s. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This
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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, State
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  Senator John Keenan, who voted to legalize sports
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  betting in Massachusetts in 2022, now regrets
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  his decision. He has witnessed the negative impact
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  of gambling addiction on his constituents and
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  has publicly apologized for his support. Keenan
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  has proposed one of the strictest reform bills
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  in the country aimed at restricting advertising,
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  more than doubling the tax rate on sportsbook
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  revenues, and banning prop bets. Meanwhile, DraftKings,
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  which is based in Boston, has recently contributed
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  nearly $43 million to a super PAC targeting statehouse
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  races in response to these proposed regulations.
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  Keaton believes that as public health concerns
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  about sports betting grow, pressure will mount
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  on legislators to take action. Now on to sports.
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  The National Basketball Association's proposed
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  3 -2 -1 draft lottery system, designed to curb
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  tanking, was passed by the league's Board of
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  Governors on Thursday. According to ESPN's Shams
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  Charania, the board voted in favor of the proposal
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  29 -1, with the Memphis Grizzlies being the lone
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  dissenter. The new system includes expanding
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  the draft lottery from 14 to 16 teams. a relegation
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  zone where the bottom three teams face penalties
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  and flattened odds. This system will be implemented
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  next season for the 2027 NBA draft, continuing
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  through at least the 2029 NBA draft. NBA Commissioner
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  Adam Silver now has greater authority to punish
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  teams deemed to be tanking. Potential punishments
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  include fines up to $10 million, forfeiture of
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  draft picks, and changes to draft positions and
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  odds. The current lottery system features 14
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  teams that did not make the playoffs, with three
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  worst records holding a 14 % chance to land the
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  number one overall pick. Under the new system,
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  those teams will only receive two lottery balls
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  for the top pick, while teams finishing with
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  the fourth through 10th worst records will receive
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  three. Additionally, no team can acquire the
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  number one pick in back -to -back years or select
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  in the top five for three consecutive years.
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  Silver emphasized the importance of addressing
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  tanking, stating that it has significant business,
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  basketball, and integrity implications for the
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  league. This season, eight teams won 26 or fewer
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  games, with five teams suffering at least 60
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  losses. The Washington Wizards, who had the worst
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  record at 17 wins and 65 losses, won the lottery,
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  gaining the chance to select BYU forward A .J.
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  D 'Aganza or Kansas guard Darren Peterson number
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  one overall. Under the new lottery rules, the
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  Wizards would have had a worse chance at the
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  number one pick than teams with the fourth, through
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  10th worst records. In local sports, the Red
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  Sox are stuck in a rut. They got rolled yesterday
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  by Atlanta, 10 -2, dropping the series at Fenway.
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  Peyton Tull couldn't get out of the fifth, and
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  the lineup managed just two runs despite bright
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  spots from Kiner Falefa and Durbin. Boston is
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  now 23 -32, just one win in their last five.
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  Tonight they head to Cleveland to face the Guardians
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  with Tyler Salmonigo. on the mound against Slade
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  -Saccone. First pitch is 7 -10. This is a must
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  -win stretch for a team that's been treading
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  water all month. The Sox need a quality start
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  and bats working to build some momentum heading
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  into the weekend. Meanwhile, the Patriots are
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  locked in trade talks with Philadelphia for receiver
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  A .G. Brown, but they're not particularly close.
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  The Eagles want a 20 -27 first -rounder. New
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  England is hesitant to give up that capital in
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  a deep draft class. The June 1st deadline could
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  heat things up once Brown contract becomes more
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  tradable. Drake May says he's focused on his
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  current roster, but if Brown lands here, great.
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  On the brighter side, top prospect Franklin Arias
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  is putting on a show in Portland. The 20 -year
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  -old shortstop is hitting .343 with 12 homers
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  in 38 games. and just struck out 19 times all
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  season. Kiefla ranked him the third -best prospect
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  in baseball. If Arias keeps this pace, Boston
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  could fast -track him sooner rather than later.
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  In top news, the United States stock market pushed
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  to more records on Thursday as profits keep piling
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  up for companies like Dollar Tree, Snowflake,
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  and Hormel Foods. A tentative deal to extend
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  the ceasefire in the war with Iran by 60 days
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  helped lift the market and rein in oil prices.
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  The S &P 500 added 0 .6 % to its all -time high,
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  while the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 24
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  points and the Nasdaq Composite climbed 0 .9%.
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  Despite high inflation and expensive oil, U .S.
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  companies continue to outperform analysts' expectations.
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  driving stock prices higher. Dollar Tree stock
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  soared 17 .9 % after reporting fatter profits.
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  In business news, the American Gaming Association
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  now estimates that states have missed out on
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  more than $1 billion in tax revenue due to the
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  rise of prediction markets. An appearance on
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  CNDC's Squawk Box. Association President and
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  Chief Executive Officer Bill Miller said that
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  the lost money has consequences for communities.
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  It's about states and tribes that are losing
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  literally a billion dollars today in state and
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  tribal revenue that would otherwise go to fund
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  important community projects, he emphasized.
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  Miller described prediction markets as backdoor
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  sports betting, which are not regulated like
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  sportsbooks. President Donald Trump stated the
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  importance of maintaining the Commodity Futures
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  Trading Commission's jurisdiction over prediction
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  markets. In crypto movement, Bitcoin is down
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  4 % for the week to about $73 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 5 % to $2 ,000. And XRP is down 5 % to
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  $1 .31. Moving on to a more local vibe. In our
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  community spotlight on health and wellness, we
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  are working with a national Pilates studio to
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  bring you some free classes, so listen up. Check
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  out Club Pilates with several locations in the
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  Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach, cultivating strength, reducing
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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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  check out Club Pilates. for a free class. With
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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. The United States Commodity
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  Futures Trading Commission wants to reverse its
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  course on a penalty against the Winklevoss Twins
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  crypto business. The Gemini exchange already
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  paid a fine of $5 million following the agency's
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  lawsuit. The commission has asked a judge to
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  vacate a consent order it won against the Gemini
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  Trust Company. The crypto business, run by twins
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  Tyler and Cameron Winklevos, agreed to the fine
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  in early January 2025. Gemini has jointly filed
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  a petition for relief from judgment. This latest
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  move carries more symbolic than financial weight.
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  And in entertainment news, the 47th News and
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  Documentary Emmy Awards has concluded with Madison
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  Wells, Prime Minister, winning Best Documentary.
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  The documentary winners were announced on Thursday,
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  following the news categories on Wednesday at
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  Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall
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  in New York City. Emmy -winning ABC news journalist
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  Martha Radetz received the News Emmy's Lifetime
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  Achievement Award. Amber Ruffin emceed Wednesday's
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  show, while Michael Ian Black helmed Thursday's
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  ceremony, which streamed on the National Academy
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  of Television Arts and Sciences YouTube channel.
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  National Geographic led with 51 nominations,
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  a record for the network, largely due to the
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  success of the Traffic series. 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 poet
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  and essayist, Ralph Waldo Emerson. And he said,
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  What lies behind us and what lies before us are
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  tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
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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. Have an amazing day, my
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  good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.