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Spirit Airlines Jets Reclaimed, Celtics Eye Giannis Antetokounmpo · 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, May 12th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 100 years ago, today, in 1926, Roald
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  Amundsen and Umberto Nobel completed a daring
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  first flight over the North Pole in a dirigible,
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  navigating icy skies and proving polar air travel
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  was possible. Their successful airship expedition
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  marked a major technological milestone, expanding
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  human reach into polar regions and inspiring
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  further exploration and aeronautical innovation.
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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 43 degrees with 6 mile per hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 7 .55 and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 5 .22. It looks like we're
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  in for some mostly sunny weather today with a
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  high near 63 and a light north breeze around
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  7 miles per hour. If you're inland, it will hit
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  a high of 63. Tonight, expect partly cloudy skies
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  with a low around 46. and a calm southwest breeze
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  around 4 mph. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod
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  Bay reads 51 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Wednesday will
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  be mostly cloudy with a chance of showers late
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  morning into early afternoon, a high near 63,
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  and a south wind up to 14 mph with gusts as high
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  as 24. Rain becomes likely Wednesday night into
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  Thursday with patchy fog and a steady southeast
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  breeze. Then showers and thunderstorms continue
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  Thursday into Thursday night before tapering
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  to scattered showers Friday, with temperatures
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  rising to around 73 on Saturday and a west wind
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  near 10 miles per hour. Bonjour, food enthusiasts!
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  So stop on by and don't forget to tell them.
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  Sunny Morning sends you. In local news, Boston's
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  Riverside thoroughfare, Storo Drive, will undergo
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  nightly closures through August, beginning Monday.
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  The eastbound lanes, spanning from North Harvard
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  Street to Mooger Way, will close at 8 o 'clock
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  in the evening and reopen at 5 o 'clock in the
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  morning the following day, according to Massachusetts
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  transportation officials. These closures are
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  essential for maintenance of the Storo Drive
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  tunnel, which began its first phase of work in
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  April. The department will adjust the schedule
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  during major local events, including concerts
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  at Fenway Park and celebrations for the nation's
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  250th birthday. Now on to sports. Trading card
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  market sales reached record highs in April, driven
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  by Cooper Flag and Pokemon. A pair of seven -figure
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  private sales and a new all -time high for grading
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  activity highlighted another impressive month
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  for the trading card market. SalesTracker CardLadder
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  recorded more than $616 million in online secondary
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  market sales for the industry, marking the highest
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  single month recorded by the tool since its reporting
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  began in 2024. April's total is the fourth consecutive
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  record month recorded by CardLadder. Trading
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  card grading also reached an all -time high in
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  April, with more than 3 .1 million cards graded
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  by third -party authenticators. In local sports,
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  the Red Sox look to bounce back tonight against
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  Philadelphia at Fenway, but they're grappling
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  with serious concerns entering mid -May. Boston
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  sits 17 -23, five games back in the division
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  with a home offense that's been quiet. Just nine
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  homers at Fenway, the fewest in baseball. First
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  baseman Wilson Contreras is day -to -day after
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  getting hit by a pitch Sunday, a bloat of a lineup
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  that scored three or fewer runs in 13 of 19 home
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  games. Tonight's matchup against Zach Wheeler
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  won't be easy, but the Red Sox showed they can
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  win when they're focused. They took two of three
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  from Detroit last week. First pitch is at 6 .45.
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  Meanwhile, the Celtics are officially in on Giannis
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  Antetokounmpo heading into summer. Boston joined
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  the Lakers, Knicks, Cavaliers, and Timberwolves
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  pursuing the Bucs' star. Brad Stevens and the
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  front office are thinking big picture after the
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  first -round collapse to Philadelphia. The Seas
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  hold two picks in this year's draft at 27 -40.
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  giving them multiple chances to add young talent
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  as they reset their roster. On the ice, Bruins
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  defenseman Charlie McAvoy is having an in -person
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  hearing today at NHL headquarters over his slashing
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  penalty on Buffalo's Sac Benson. The in -person
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  hearing suggests the league is considering a
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  suspension longer than five games, which would
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  carry over to next season. In top news, the world's
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  highest -flying repo men are collecting Spirit
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  Airlines jets. The company's collapse has triggered
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  a mission to retrieve dozens of planes and deposit
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  them in Arizona boneyards. The first call came
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  to Bob Allen's phone at 6 p .m. Eastern time
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  on a Friday, instructing him to get the repo
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  men ready. While Spirit Airlines was still operating,
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  aircraft leasing firms were anxious to reclaim
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  their bright yellow jets. as Spirit barreled
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  toward liquidation. Allen stated he had six hours
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  to find 20 pilots. Nomadic Aviation Group quickly
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  assembled a roster of pilots, most of whom had
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  worked for Spirit, creating a WhatsApp group
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  that swelled to 40 pilots. One pilot, who had
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  just landed, asked, can I fly in shorts? Giordano
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  replied, not a problem. adding that they generally
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  wear khakis and polos, but must adapt as needed.
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  In business news, El Salvador's Bitcoin -loving
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  president has allegedly frozen assets of local
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  news outlet El Foro. The outlet has reported
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  that assets tied to two of its shareholders,
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  including bank accounts and property, have been
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  frozen. Alfaro maintains that President Nayib
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  Bukal ordered this action as retaliation for
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  its investigations into corruption within his
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  administration. This alleged move is ironic,
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  as Bukal has positioned himself as one of Bitcoin's
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  most vocal advocates. Freezing bank accounts
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  contradicts the cypherpum philosophy that underpins
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  the financial technology. Director Carlos Data
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  called the measures political rather than fiscal.
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  accusing the government of trying to silence
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  critical voices. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is unchanged at about $81 ,000. Ethereum is down
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  1 % to about $2 ,000. And XRP is up 1 % to $1
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  .46. 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 some
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  free classes, so listen up. Check out Club Pilates
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  with several locations in the Boston area. Pilates
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  presents a comprehensive wellness approach, cultivating
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  strength, reducing tension, and elevating mental
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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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  benefits. So now you can check out Club Pilates
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  for a free class. With locations in Canton, Wellesley,
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  Hingham, Brookline, and Framingham, just be sure
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  to tell them, sunny morning sent you by. And
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk science. There
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  is a reason your allergies are awful this year,
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  and they are going to get worse. New types of
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  pollen, and more of it, are in the air this spring
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  season, thanks to climate change. Climate change
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  is making your allergies worse. by creating longer
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  and more intense pollen seasons, according to
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  research from scientists and physicians. Paul
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  Beggs, an environmental health scientist, states,
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  We know that climate change is leading to greater
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  amounts of pollen in the atmosphere. AccuWeather's
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  2026 United States allergy forecast predicts
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  more high pollen days this year, driven by storms
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  and temperature swings. Brett Anderson, a climate
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  expert, adds, the seasonal allergy season in
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  America is expanding. And in entertainment news,
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  Aaron Paul has joined the cast of Fallout Season
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  3. Details about his role are kept under wraps,
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  while Annabelle O 'Hagan and Dave Register have
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  been promoted to series regulars on the Amazon
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  Prime Video science fiction drama. The casting
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  marks a reunion between Paul and executive producers
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  Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, who cast the Breaking
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  Bad star in the final season of their show Westworld.
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  Created by Graham Wagner and Geneva Robertson
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  -Dwarrett, Fallout is based on the post -apocalyptic
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  video game franchise. It takes place 200 years
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  after a nuclear holocaust when sheltered vault
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  dwellers return to a violent wasteland. Well,
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  alrighty folks, it's time for the quote of the
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  day. And today, our quote comes from the Norwegian
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  explorer and scientist, Fridtjof Nansen. And
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  he said, The difficult is what takes a little
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  time. The impossible is what takes a little longer.
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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.