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Boston Mayoral Race Heats Up, Red Sox Win, Bitcoin Dips · 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, September 2nd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 76 years ago, today in 1949, the classic
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  film, The Third Man, was released in London,
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  United Kingdom, a masterpiece of cinema that
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  continues to inspire filmmakers and audiences
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  alike. This celebrated motion picture, directed
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  by Carol Reed, starring Joseph Cotton, Aleta
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  Valley, and Orson Welles, represents human creativity,
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  artistic achievement, and the enduring power
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  of storytelling, a beacon of cultural progress.
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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 61 degrees, with 4 mile per hour wind.
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  The Sunset will take place at 7 .13 and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 6 .11. It looks a grin
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  for some sunny weather today, with a high near
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  75 and a light northeast breeze. Tonight, expect
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  mostly clear skies with a low around 56 and a
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  gentle south wind. For all you beach runners
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  out there, the first high tide Tuesday will be
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  at 730 with the low tide just before 130. The
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  near shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 67 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Expect sunny weather on Wednesday with
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  a high near 79 and a light south wind. Wednesday
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  night will be mostly clear. with a low around
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  58 and a light south wind. Thursday stays sunny
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  with a high near 81 and a light south wind. Thursday
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  night brings a slight chance of rain showers
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  after 3 a .m. with partly cloudy skies and a
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  low around 63 along with a light south wind.
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  On Friday there is a chance of rain showers before
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  2 p .m. then a chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  with partly sunny skies. and a high near 82,
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  plus a south wind. Friday night has a chance
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  of showers and thunderstorms, with mostly cloudy
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  skies, and a low around 65, along with a light
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  south wind. Saturday also sees a chance of rain
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  showers before 2 p .m., then a chance of showers
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  and thunderstorms, with partly sunny skies, and
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  a high near 82, plus a southwest wind. Saturday
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  night has a chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  with mostly cloudy skies and a low around 60,
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  all with a light west wind. Bonjour, food enthusiasts.
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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, Boston's
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  mayoral election is heating up as candidate Josh
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  Craft criticizes Mayor Michelle Wu on multiple
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  fronts. with a preliminary election approaching
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  on September 9th. Praft claims his administration
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  is delaying hearings on critical issues to sidestep
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  controversy before the election, a sentiment
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  echoed by city councilors Aaron Murphy and Ed
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  Flynn. He highlighted a stalled resolution aimed
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  at declaring a public health emergency at Mass
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  Ave and Melnaya Cass Boulevard, which he described
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  as a place where proposals go to die. Wu's team
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  attributed the delays to scheduling conflicts,
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  while both candidates continue to battle over
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  homelessness, substance abuse, and other pressing
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  matters. As early voting begins this Saturday,
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  Kraft Hope's increased public attention will
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  shift the race dynamics ahead of the general
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  election on November 4th. Now onto sports. Less
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  than 24 hours after handing Alabama its first
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  loss in a season opener since 2001, Florida State
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  quarterback Tony Castellanos is capitalizing
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  on the weekend's biggest upset. His website is
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  selling eight shirts and sweatshirts, taunting
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  the number eight Crimson Tide over its 31 -17
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  loss to the Seminoles. Some merchandise features
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  the line, Nick can't save them. referencing his
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  comments about the tide in June. On Saturday,
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  he backed up those words, leading Florida State
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  to a stunning victory. He completed 9 of 14 pass
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  attempts for 152 yards against Alabama. The Seminoles
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  will face East Texas, A &M next Saturday, in
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  local sports. Yesterday afternoon at Fenway Park,
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  the Red Sox beat the Guardians 6 -4. Baio earned
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  the win with five innings pitched, three runs
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  allowed, and three strikeouts. Storey hit a key
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  homer to right field in the sixth, while Manzardo
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  added a homer to center. The Sox finished with
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  14 hits and zero errors, left 12 runners on base.
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  The Red Sox record improves to 77 -62. Tonight...
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  Garrett Crochet, who is 14 -5 with a 2 .4 earned
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  run average, pitches against Slade Zaccone, 5
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  -6 with a 4 .41 earned run average. First pitch
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  is scheduled for 6 .45. The temperature is expected
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  to be around 70 degrees under clear skies in
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  Boston. In top news, In a significant clash over
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  Olympic surfing for the 2028 Games in Los Angeles,
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  U .S. Ski and Snowboard is attempting to take
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  control, but many surfers are resisting this
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  move. Sophie Goldschmidt, the head of U .S. Ski
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  and Snowboard, believes surfing aligns with their
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  mission to support elite athletes. However, former
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  champion surfer Ian Karens argues they are trying
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  to ski -jack surfing from its rightful community.
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  USA Surfing, the current governing body, is fighting
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  back, citing recent investments and support from
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  local leaders. The U .S. Olympic and Paralympic
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  Committee will ultimately decide which organization
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  will represent Olympic surfers. In business news,
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  Kraft Heinz is approaching a significant breakup
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  plan, according to sources familiar with the
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  matter. This decision would effectively reverse
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  much of the work from the notorious merger of
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  Kraft and Heinz in 2015, orchestrated by Warren
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  Buffett and Brazilian private equity firm 3G
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  Capital Partners. A transaction could be announced
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  as early as next week, but plans are subject
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  to change. The Wall Street Journal reported that
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  Kraft plans to spin off a substantial portion
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  of its grocery business, potentially valued at
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  as much as $20 billion. The split would occur
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  amid a trend of corporate breakups in the food
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  and beverage industry. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is down 3 % to about $110 ,000. Ethereum is down
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  8 % to just under $4 ,400. And XRP is down half
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  a percent to $2 .81. Moving on to a more local
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  vibe. In our community spotlight on health and
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  wellness, we are working with a national Pilates
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  studio to bring you some free classes, so listen
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  up. Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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  in the 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 digital tokens backing the
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  Trump family's cryptocurrency venture, World
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  Liberty Financial, fell in value on Monday in
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  their first day of trading. Known as World Liberty
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  tokens, they were sold to investors after the
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  Trump family launched the venture last year.
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  Investors voted in July to make them tradable,
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  allowing for potential sales and purchases. Initially,
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  the tokens traded above $0, but later fell by
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  about 12%, bringing their market capitalization
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  to just below $7 billion. Major exchanges, including
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  Binance and OKEx, are offering the tokens. Critics
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  argue that Trump family's involvement represents
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  profound conflicts of interest. And in entertainment
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  news, Alan Richson, known for Reacher, is making
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  waves with his super unique film Motor City,
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  which premieres in Venice on August 30th. This
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  action thriller is almost entirely dialogue -free,
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  allowing for an intense focus on physical performances
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  and stylized visuals. Richdon portrays a blue
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  -collar character seeking revenge after losing
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  his fience and freedom. He emphasizes the challenge
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  and exhilaration of acting without dialogue,
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  relying on internal emotions to convey his character's
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  turmoil. Additionally, he produced the film aiming
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  to elevate action cinema with a visceral experience.
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  While rumors swirl about Batman, Richson remains
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  open to future projects with DC. 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 novelist
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  and short story writer Ray Bradbury. And he said,
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  We are an impossibility in an impossible universe,
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  highlighting the power of creativity and storytelling
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  to transcend boundaries and inspire progress.
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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.