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Musk vs. Bezos Space Race Heats Up, Bruins Face Undefeated Ducks · 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, October 16th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 180 years ago today, in 1846. In 1846,
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  at Massachusetts General Hospital, a dentist
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  named William Morton demonstrated inhaled ether
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  to painlessly remove a neck tumor in a public
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  demonstration before colleague surgeons. astonishing
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  attending doctors by eliminating visible suffering.
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  That moment gave medicine its first practical
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  method to prevent surgical pain and transform
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  patient care. So now you know. And now, it's
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  time for the weather report. This morning, there's
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  a chance of rain showers, and it feels like 45
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  degrees with 9 miles per hour wind. The sunset
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  will take place at 5 .58, and it will rise again
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  tomorrow at 659. It looks like we're in for some
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  rain showers likely before 10 a .m., then patchy
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  fog through the afternoon with a high near 69
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  and a moderate south breeze around 10 miles per
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  hour. If you're inland, it will hit a high of
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  69 tonight. Expect showers and thunderstorms
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  with a low around 50 and a breezy west wind.
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  around 12 to 15 miles per hour with gusts up
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  to 31 miles per hour. The nearshore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 60 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather, Saturday starts
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  with a slight chance of showers before 8 a .m.,
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  then becomes partly sunny with a high near 54
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  and northwest winds around 18 miles per hour,
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  gusting to 31. Sunday is sunny with a high near
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  55 in lighter west winds. Then Monday turns sunny
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  with a slight chance of showers after 9 a .m.
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  and highs, rising to near 60 into Tuesday with
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  mostly sunny skies. Bonjour, food enthusiasts.
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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, SluMu
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  Institute is bringing a thrilling new attraction
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  to downtown Boston this fall. opening a 17 ,000
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  -square -foot slime experience on Clinton Street.
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  First launched in New York City in 2019, SLUMU
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  has expanded to nine locations across the country,
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  claiming the title of the world's number one
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  slime experience. The grand opening on November
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  14th will feature a unique slime cutting, performances,
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  and special guests. With interactive activities
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  like a slime waterfall and DIY slime bar, the
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  experience promises to delight families, while
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  also creating 100 new jobs in the area. Now onto
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  sports. Last night on Thursday Night Football,
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  the Denver Broncos held off the Seattle Seahawks,
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  17 to 14 in overtime. Denver's defense was the
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  story, five sacks, two interceptions, and a forced
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  fumble that set the tone early. J .K. Dobbins
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  and R .J. Harvey each scored touchdowns as the
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  Broncos, built a 14 -3 halftime lead, but Seattle
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  rallied Blade. Jason Myers tied it with three
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  seconds left in regulation, and the Seahawks
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  looked poised for the upset until Jaquan McMillian
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  intercepted Sam Darnold in overtime. Will Lutz's
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  53 -yard field goal ended it. Denver improves
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  to 4 -2. Seattle falls to 3 -3. Meanwhile, in
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  the playoffs, the Cleveland Guardians beat Tampa
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  Bay 3 -2 in Game 3 of the championship series.
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  Petey Halpin hit a go -ahead 2 -run homer in
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  the fifth, and Gavin Williams struck out 9 over
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  5 innings. Cleveland now leads the series 2 -1
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  and is 2 wins away from the World Series. Tonight,
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  Tampa Bay visits Cleveland for Game 4. at 8 o
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  'clock Eastern. The Rays must find their offense
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  or face elimination, while the Guardians look
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  to move within one win of their first pennant
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  since 2016. In local sports, the Bruins bounced
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  back from a rough start with a 6 -3 win over
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  San Jose on Tuesday. Jeremy Swamen stopped 35
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  shots and Fraser Minton lighting the lamp twice.
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  Boston hits the road tonight against Anaheim
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  at 10 o 'clock, another test against an undefeated
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  Ducks team that's clicking on the power play
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  at 50%. Swamen will need another strong performance
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  to steal this one on the road. McEvoy made his
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  season debut against the Sharks and scored, so
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  the back end's getting healthier just in time.
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  Over on the gridiron, the Seahawks Pittsburgh
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  tomorrow at noon for homecoming. A massive ACC
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  matchup that's got all the makings of a statement
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  game the Eagles desperately need. BC is 0 and
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  2 in conference play, while the Panthers are
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  ranked 25 and unbeaten in the ACC. The problem,
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  Pittsburgh just lost starting quarterback Mason
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  Hineshell to injury, though their defense is
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  still elite. BC's Mason McKenzie needs to find
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  some rhythm in an offense that's been stuck in
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  a funk. The Patriots head into Sunday against
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  the Jets at 1 o 'clock with some good injury
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  news. A .G. Brown and Christian Gonzalez are
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  both back, but they'll miss Treveon Henderson
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  for weeks with a high ankle sprain. Drake May
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  earned AFC offensive Player of the Week honors.
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  Boston also mourned Hall of Famer John Morris
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  this week. In top news, The Atlantic writer Josh
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  Terangiel discusses the intense rivalry between
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  Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos in the quest to control
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  outer space. Both billionaires aim to colonize
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  the moon, mine its resources, and deploy thousands
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  of satellites. Terangiel notes that their only
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  competition is with each other, as they seek
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  to preserve human life from climate change. NASA
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  still plays a significant role in American space
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  policy. yet lacks oversight over satellite activities.
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  With Musk's SpaceX dominating the market, concerns
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  arise over the concentration of power in private
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  hands. The future of space remains uncertain,
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  but the stakes are undeniably high. In business
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  news, Harvard University's endowment grew 27
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  .1 % in fiscal year 2026, its strongest return
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  in five years. according to the school's annual
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  financial report released on Thursday. The endowment
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  now totals nearly $68 billion, outperforming
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  the S &P 500's 22 .3 % total return by 4 .8 percentage
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  points. In its second quarter filing with the
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  Securities and Exchange Commission, Harvard revealed
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  a $2 .2 billion stake in Elon Musk's SpaceX,
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  its largest holding by value. Despite these gains,
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  federally -sponsored research revenue dropped
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  19 .5 % to $509 million. President Alan Garber
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  expressed optimism, stating, notwithstanding
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  the challenges and uncertainty, this is a thrilling
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  time to be part of a great American institution
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  devoted to Veritas. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is down 2 % for the week to $82 ,000. Ethereum
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  is down 4 % to about $2 ,000, and XRP is down
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  5 % to $1 .33. Moving on to a more local vibe.
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  In our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  we are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  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 science. Despite the name, the universe's
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  white dwarfs can glow in a wide range of colors,
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  even green. For the first time, astronomers have
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  spotted a star that appears green to the human
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  eye, and the reddest ever recorded. These outlier
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  stars help explain how certain white dwarf stars
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  would shine in colors like green, pink, and purple.
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  White dwarf stars are the dense remnants left
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  behind. after stars like our Sun reach the end
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  of their lifespan. The most striking example
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  is DEJ 1330 +, 6435, which has a chartreuse green
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  appearance due to sodium in its atmosphere. On
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  the opposite end, WDEJ 1011 +, 2845 could be
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  the reddest star ever recorded, producing a deep
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  salmon -pink glow. And in entertainment news,
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  Jason Statham's retired beekeeper, Adam Clay,
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  is back to take on his makers in the sequel to
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  his 2024 action film. On Thursday, Amazon and
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  GM Studios released the first teaser for the
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  Timo Chajanto Helm sequel, The Beekeeper 2, which
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  premieres in theaters on January 15th, 2027.
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  In The Beekeeper 2, Clay is a wanted man pulled
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  back into the fight when the beekeeper organization
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  goes rogue and targets the government. He must
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  save the president of the United States and confront
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  the very group that created him. The sneak peek
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  features stay them kicking butt to Metallica's,
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  for whom the bell tolls. Well, all righty folks,
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  it's time for the quote of the day. And today,
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  our quote comes from the American inventor and
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  visionary, Nikola Tesla. And he said, the present
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  is theirs. The future for which I have really
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  worked is mine. And that's a wrap for this morning.
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  local news and the weather reports. Have an amazing
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  day, my good friends. We'll see you tomorrow
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  with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.