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Brockton Curfew After World Cup Violence, Celtics 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 Thursday, July 2nd. You'll be interested
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  to know, 64 years ago, today, in 1962, a single
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  discount store opened by Sam Walton in rural
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  Arkansas introduced a relentless focus on low
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  prices, wide selection, and community convenience.
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  That achievement reshaped retail by proving a
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  national chain could combine everyday value with
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  aggressive expansion, creating new expectations
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  for shopping and local economies. So now you
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  know. And now, it's time for the weather report.
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  This morning, there's a slight chance of showers
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  and thunderstorms, and it feels like 80 degrees
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  with 9 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take
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  place at 8 .22 and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 5 .12. It looks like we're in for a slight
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  chance of showers and thunderstorms early, then
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  mostly sunny with a high near 100 and a moderate
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  west breeze around 12 miles per hour. If you're
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  inland, it will hit a high of 100. Tonight. Expect
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  mostly clear skies with a low around 80 and light
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  winds around 8 mph. The near -shore GUI at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 69 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Friday will be
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  sunny and very hot with a high near 100 in a
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  heat index up to 108, with a west wind near 10
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  mph. Independence Day looks cooler with a high
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  near 94 and a chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  after 3 p .m. Then Sunday into Monday bring increasing
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  chances of rain, with highs falling to the low
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  80s and nights in the upper 60s. 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 Morning sent you. In local
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  news. Brockton's Mayor Moises Rodrigues has announced
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  a citywide curfew starting at 10 p .m. on Friday,
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  July 3rd, following Cape Verde's upcoming FIFA
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  World Cup match against Argentina at 6 p .m.
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  This decision comes after several incidents during
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  recent celebrations, including shootings that
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  left at least four people injured. Rodrigues
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  expressed his sadness over the necessity of this
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  action. citing the need to protect public safety
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  and reduce criminal activity. The temporary curfew
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  will remain in effect until 5 a .m. on Saturday,
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  July 4, with specific restrictions on licensed
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  drinking establishments. Exemptions apply to
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  first responders and those traveling for work
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  or emergencies. Now on to sports. On Wednesday
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  night, the United States men's national team
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  achieved a significant victory over Bosnia and
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  Herzegovina to advance to the round of 16 in
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  the 2026 FIFA World Cup. However, they faced
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  a major setback when leading scorer Fuller and
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  Balogun received a red card after a video assistant
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  referee review early in the second half. Former
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  referee Andy Davies expressed his disagreement,
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  stating, This was not a red card offense. He
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  noted that the contact was accidental during
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  a normal football movement and criticized the
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  use of slow motion replace in this situation.
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  Belhaven will miss the upcoming match against
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  Belgium, and there is no option for an appeal.
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  In local sports, the Red Sox dropped their series,
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  Benalia -Washington, 10 -2 yesterday, falling
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  to 37 -48 on the season. Peyton Tull took the
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  loss, giving up six runs in just three innings.
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  But there's some real good news to focus on.
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  Sonny Gray has joined Tim Wakefield in rare Red
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  Sox history. He's 9 -1 through his first 15 starts
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  with a .269 era, leading the AL in wins and winning
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  percentage. That's elite company. Anthony Ionson,
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  the Red Sox's third -round pick last year. earned
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  a spot on the MLB All -Star Futures Game roster
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  after posting a 1 .07 error across 12 starts
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  at AA. The kids got serious stuff. On the field,
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  things get better tomorrow when Boston heads
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  to Anaheim to open a three -game series against
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  the Angels. Jake Bennett takes the mound against
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  Ray Demers, first pitch at 9 .38. The Sox swept
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  the Yankees last week and are 6 -4 over their
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  last 10, so momentum's building heading into
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  the second half. Meanwhile, the Bruins got busy
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  on free agency day, acquiring defenseman Will
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  Borgen from the Rangers for a 20 -27 second -rounder
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  and a conditional third. Boston also resigned
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  Jordan Harris and Connor Clifton to deals. and
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  picked up forward Cal Vasonen from New York.
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  GM Don Sweeney continues his aggressive rebuild
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  following the J .J. Peterka acquisition. On the
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  Celtics' side, it's a massive overhaul. Jalen
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  Brown's 10 seasons in Boston ended with a trade
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  to Philadelphia, who sent back Paul George and
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  four draft picks. Boston then signed Mitchell
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  Robinson. and veteran point guard Mike Conley
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  in Free Agency, adding depth around Jason Tatum.
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  In top news, a polarizing Harvard University
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  astronomer known for controversial alien theories
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  has been appointed by the White House to lead
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  a team studying national security risks posed
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  by unidentified flying objects. Avi Lowe, a cosmologist
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  and former head of Harvard's astronomy department,
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  will helm a scientific advisory council investigating
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  mysterious objects reported by military personnel.
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  Loeb expressed excitement about the potential
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  breakthroughs, stating that if these objects
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  were human -made, they would be classified reports.
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  His team includes more than a dozen scientists,
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  and they have requested numerous documents from
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  the Pentagon. Loeb aims to pursue a grounded
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  approach while analyzing unidentified anomalous
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  phenomena. In business news, cyberattacks aimed
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  at stealing American artificial intelligence
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  technology are expanding from tech -based attacks
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  to exploiting human -level vulnerabilities, with
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  China -based actors playing a growing role. Matt
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  Pearl, director of the Strategic Technologies
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  Program at the U .S.-based Think Tank Center
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  for Strategic and International Studies, stated,
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  as the AI race has heated up, the People's Republic
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  of China has targeted the tech sector increasingly.
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  In June, U .S.-based cybersecurity giant CrowdStrike
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  reported that Chinese entities accounted for
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  more than half of state -sponsored intrusions
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  targeting technology companies. The FBI warned
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  that China's economic espionage campaign is a
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  continuing threat that costs the American economy
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  hundreds of billions of dollars per year. In
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  crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 4 % to just
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  over $60 ,000. Ethereum is down 2 .5 % to just
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  over $1 ,600. And XRP is down 4 % to $1 .06.
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  Moving on to a more local vibe. In our community
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  spotlight on health and wellness, we are working
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  with a national Pilates studio. to bring you
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  some free classes, so listen up. Check out Club
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  Pilates, with several locations in the Boston
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  area. Pilates presents a comprehensive wellness
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  approach, cultivating strength, reducing tension,
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  and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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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. Vending Spoons, the Italian
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  company known for acquiring beloved internet
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  brands, went public on the NASDAQ today, opening
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  with a valuation of over $18 billion and seeing
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  its stock rise by 40 % by market close. Co -founder
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  Matteo Danielli emphasized the importance of
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  minimizing luck in achieving success, stating,
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  luck plays a big role in finding product market
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  fit. Despite challenges, including layoffs, Bending
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  Spoons has driven revenue growth, particularly
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  through artificial intelligence. The company's
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  approach to hiring talent and its focus on culture
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  have contributed to its success, with revenue
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  per full -time employee increasing from $1 .1
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  million in 2023 to $2 .6 million in 2025. And
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  in entertainment news, Grand Theft Auto V is
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  breaking records with an estimated $1 billion
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  in pre -order revenue during its first hour on
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  sale. This figure could mean it has already outgrossed
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  the Super Mario Galaxy movie. the year's highest
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  -grossing film. Although not officially confirmed
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  by Rockstar Games or Take -Two Interactive, this
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  estimate reflects the massive anticipation for
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  the game. Professor Anthony Palumba noted that
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  Take -Two's stock rose almost 3 % with the pre
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  -order launch. In comparison, Grand Theft Auto
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  V reached $1 billion in three days after its
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  2013 release. Grand Theft Auto 5 will launch
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  on November 19th. Well, alrighty folks, it's
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  time for the quote of the day. And today, our
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  quote comes from the American entrepreneur and
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  philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie. And he said,
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  The men who have succeeded are men who have chosen
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  one line and stuck to it. And that's a wrap for
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  this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Have an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.