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Billy's News · Billy & Lisa in the Morning

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  Speaker 1: Good morning. It is Wednesday, August 26th. The forecast, sunny
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  Speaker 1: and nice today. Highs close to 80 degrees. Increasing clouds
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  Speaker 1: for tomorrow. Chance of showers late in the day. Highs
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  Speaker 1: again in the 80s. Top stories. Red Sox won their
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  Speaker 1: fifth game in a row last night. They beat the
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  Speaker 1: Marlins in 11 innings. A grand slam from Jaron Duran.
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  Speaker 1: Swing and a hard right.
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  Speaker 2: Deep right.
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  Speaker 1: Come on back.
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  Speaker 2: And it's gone.
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  Speaker 1: Great grand slam. Yeah, they'll play the Marlins in Miami
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  Speaker 1: again tonight. It's a 640 start tonight, by the way.
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  Speaker 1: Patriots have their final preseason game with the Browns tomorrow night.
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  Speaker 1: Christian Gonzalez still looking for a contract. Other stories, the
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  Speaker 1: big story. Dolly Parton has died at 80 years old.
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  Speaker 1: A brief battle with cancer. One of the most successful
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  Speaker 1: country music stars of all time. Tributes. Pouring in from
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  Speaker 1: all over the world, the message came from the family.
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  Speaker 2: She has always been on your television, your record player,
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  Speaker 2: your CD, and on your phone playlist, becoming an extended
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  Speaker 2: part of your family. Our family and the team she
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  Speaker 2: has entrusted with her legacy will work diligently to ensure
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  Speaker 2: her spirit will live with us forever. May God bless
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  Speaker 2: Dolly Parton, and may God bless you all. She will
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  Speaker 2: always love you.
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  Speaker 1: Flags at the White House are at half-staff. The Empire
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  Speaker 1: State Building is lit up in pink. The Longfellow Bridge...
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  Speaker 1: And several other bridges in Massachusetts lit up pink as well.
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  Speaker 1: She wrote as many as 3000 songs, sold as many
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  Speaker 1: as 100 million records over her 60 year career, racked
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  Speaker 1: up as many as 11 Grammy Awards. She was no
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  Speaker 1: stranger to Boston. She came to Boston. in 2019 for
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  Speaker 1: Emerson Theater, for Symphony Hall, and also showed up for
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  Speaker 1: the lighting of the tree on the Common. She also
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  Speaker 1: founded Imagination Library, getting millions of books to kids who
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  Speaker 1: needed them. And during COVID, she gave a million dollars
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  Speaker 1: to help fund vaccines. Dolly Parton dead at 80 years old.
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  Speaker 1: Other stories, the Clancy trial final witness back on the
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  Speaker 1: stand today, closing arguments expected tomorrow. The jury should have
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  Speaker 1: the case closed. tomorrow. So far, it's a five-week trial.
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  Speaker 1: Other stories, the Boston guy who stole a boat in
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  Speaker 1: Boston Harbor, took three young women out late at night,
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  Speaker 1: crashed that boat and killed one of the women. Elizabeth
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  Speaker 1: Dan Kirk was formally indicted yesterday. Two other women on
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  Speaker 1: board that boat also suffered serious injuries. Latest on the U.S.
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  Speaker 1: and Canada feud, the president now wants to rename Lake Ontario,
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  Speaker 1: Lake America. And the new report out this morning says
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  Speaker 1: the city of Boston is the best city in America
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  Speaker 1: to work in. And don't forget the Bruno Mars double
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  Speaker 1: play is still going on when you hear two Bruno
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  Speaker 1: songs in a row. You'd be caller 25. You win
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  Speaker 1: tickets to the sold out show and you qualify for
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  Speaker 1: the grand prize. And Lisa checks your drive next.