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Moderna's Melanoma Breakthrough, Red Sox Eye Giants Series · 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, August 20th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 49 years ago, today, in 1977, Voyager
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  2 climbed clear of Earth's grasp on a Titan III
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  core rocket, beginning a bold interplanetary
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  tour that would sweep past the giant planets
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  and their moons. This mission opened a new era
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  of outer solar system exploration by returning
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  close range data and images that transformed
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  scientific understanding and inspired generations
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  of space explorers. So now you know. And now,
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  it's time for the weather report. This morning
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  it's sunny and it feels like 72 degrees with
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  5 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 7 .35 and it will rise again tomorrow at 5
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  .58. It looks like we're in for a mostly sunny
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  day with temperatures climbing to around 84 and
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  a light west wind around five miles per hour
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  with just a slight chance of rain showers later
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  this afternoon. If you're inland, they will hit
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  a high of 85 tonight. Expect mostly cloudy skies
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  with a low of 65 and a calm northwest breeze
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  around 3 miles per hour along with a chance of
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  rain showers before 1 a .m. The nearshore buoy
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  at Cape Cod Bay reads 71 degrees for the water
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  temperature. Looking ahead in the weather. Friday
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  will be mostly sunny with a high near 78 and
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  a northeast breeze of 3 to 9 miles per hour.
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  with a slight chance of showers after 4 p .m.
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  Saturday features mostly cloudy skies with highs
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  near 76 and a 50 % chance of showers. Then showers
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  and thunderstorms are likely late Saturday night,
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  with lows around 66. Sunday has a chance of showers
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  and thunderstorms before the afternoon. Then
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  Monday turns sunny with highs near 81 and a west
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  breeze. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast
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  breeze on through to get your morning coffee.
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  They are open every day from 8 to 5. So stop
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  on by and don't forget to tell them. Sunny mornings
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  send you. In local news, Narragansett beer held
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  an emergency meeting on Tuesday in response to
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  a tractor -trailer rollover that spilled squid
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  in Narragansett, Rhode Island on Monday. Around
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  9 .30 a .m., the vehicle, transporting thousands
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  of pounds of squid, rolled over at the intersection
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  of Point Judith Road and Galilee Escape Road.
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  A substantial portion of the squid ended up on
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  the roadway, according to police. In an Instagram
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  post, the company stated that their experts concluded,
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  squid happens, and when squid happens, there
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  is only one thing to do. Have a Gansett. Currently,
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  Narragansett beer is not accepting any squid
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  deliveries. Now on to sports. The 2026 FedExCup
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  playoffs continue on Thursday at 10 .03 a .m.
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  Eastern Time with the 2026 BMW Championship at
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  Belarive Country Club in St. Louis, Missouri.
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  Scottie Scheffler, the favorite at 310, is one
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  of 50 golfers who advanced to this championship.
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  Other top contenders include Ludwig Eber, Rory
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  McIlroy, and Sander Schofel, all at 1 ,500. The
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  model at Sportsline predicts surprises, notably
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  that a Berg will barely crack the top ten. Conversely,
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  Tony Fleetwood at 2200 is a strong win contender.
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  Visit Sportsline for more insights and the projected
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  leaderboard. In local sports, the Red Sox dropped
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  yesterday's finale at Fenway, 7 -6 to the Diamondbacks,
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  but still banked the series two games to one.
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  Peyton Tully got a no decision, five innings,
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  three earned runs, six strikeouts. Giovanni Morin
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  took the loss after walking three in relief.
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  The bats stayed loud though, homers from Nick
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  Sogert, Jaron Duran, and Mickey Gaspar, who drove
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  in three. Boston sits 68 and 59, four and six
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  over its last 10. No time to dwell, the Sox host
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  the Giants tomorrow night. First pitch, 7 -10
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  at Fenway, Jake Fennett opposite ace Logan Webb
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  in a real pitching matchup. Over in the NBA,
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  Jason Tatum finally addressed the Jalen Brown
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  trade, calling it weird after 600 games and a
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  title together. Brown, now with Philadelphia,
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  admits he's still processing it. Paul George,
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  meanwhile, says he's ecstatic to join Boston's
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  retooled core. On the gridiron, the Patriots
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  keep reshuffling their offensive line, placing
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  Andrew Rupcich on injured reserve and signing
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  veteran Greg Van Roden, plus two rookie linemen.
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  Protecting quarterback Drake May remains priority
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  one as New England runs joint practices with
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  Philadelphia ahead of Saturday's preseason matchup
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  at Gillette. In top news, Moderna stock more
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  than doubled on Wednesday morning after the company
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  announced a successful experimental messenger,
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  ribonucleic acid vaccine to treat melanoma, the
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  deadly skin cancer from which more than 8 ,500
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  people in the United States are expected to die
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  this year. Shares of Moderna surged $91 .52 or
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  145 % to $154 .48 in morning trading. The study
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  tested the company's personalized cancer vaccine
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  intismarin in combination with Merck's Keytruda.
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  Professor Georgian -Alam called the results a
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  landmark moment for melanoma treatment. Moderna
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  CEO Stiefang Bansal described the findings as
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  a pivotal moment for the field of cancer research.
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  In business news, Federal Reserve officials indicated
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  at their last meeting that they would need to
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  raise interest rates soon unless there was more
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  progress on bringing down inflation. Minutes
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  released Wednesday showed. Many participants
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  assessed that policy tightening would likely
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  be necessary if inflation did not decline, stated
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  the summary of the meeting held July 28th to
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  29th. The Federal Open Market Committee voted
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  9 -3 to keep the federal funds rate targeted
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  between 3 .5 % and 3 .75%. The summary also reported
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  a discussion about changing the Federal Open
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  Market Committee meeting schedule, but no decisions
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  were made. The Minutes noted that the Fed's policy
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  of maintaining ample bank reserves helped maintain
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  the orderly functioning of money markets. In
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  crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 8 % to about $70
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  ,000. Ethereum is up 18 % to about $2 ,000. And
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  XRP is up 11 % to $1 .11. Moving on to a more
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  local vibe. In our community spotlight on health
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  and wellness, we are working with a national
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  Pilates studio to bring you some free classes,
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  so listen up. Check out Club Pilates with several
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  locations in the Boston area. Pilates presents
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  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 mornings sent you by. And
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk tech. Waymo
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  has opened its next -generation robo -taxi to
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  all riders in Los Angeles, California, Phoenix,
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  Arizona, and San Francisco, California. This
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  marks a notable milestone for the Alphabet company
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  as it expands its fleet with vehicles that are
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  cheaper to build, operate, and maintain. customers
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  may be matched with a new robotaxi called the
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  OJ when they hail a ride. Once Waymo has enough
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  OJs in its fleet, riders will be able to choose
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  between the new vehicle and the older Jaguar
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  I -Pace robotaxi. The company plans to roll out
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  the OJ in Denver, Colorado, Las Vegas, Nevada,
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  and San Diego, California later this year. And
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  in entertainment news... In Reacher season four,
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  Alan Richson's Jack Reacher faces his biggest
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  threat yet, and it might not be what you think.
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  Reacher is smitten with Agnes Moe's Lila Hove,
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  who is revealed to be the main villain. This
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  season is adapted from Lee Child's book, Gone
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  Tomorrow. In episode four, Lila and her mother
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  confront Henchmen, showcasing their dangerous
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  nature. Agnes Moe suggests that Reacher's connection
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  to Lila complicates his mission. as he may actually
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  care for her. This season emphasizes emotional
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  stakes rather than just physical confrontations,
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  making Leela a unique challenge for Reacher.
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  Well, all righty, folks, it's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today, our quote comes from the
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  American astronomer and author Maria Mitchell.
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  And she said, we especially need imagination
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  in science. It is not all mathematics nor all
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  logic, but it is somewhat beauty in poetry. And
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  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.