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Bruins Triumph! Texas Wins Citrus Bowl, Bhutan Embraces Bitcoin. · 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, January 1st. Happy New Year.
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  Relax, enjoy yourself, and watch some football.
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  So now you know. And now, it's time for the weather
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  report. This morning, there's a chance of light
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  snow and it feels like 20 degrees with 9 mile
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  per hour wind. The sunset will take place at
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  422 and it will rise again tomorrow at 711. It
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  looks like we're in for some snow flurries early
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  today with a chance of scattered snow showers
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  before mid -morning and mostly sunny skies at
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  a high near 30 with a breezy west wind up to
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  16. Tonight. Expect mostly clear skies with a
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  low around 14 and a west wind gusting up to 28.
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  For all you beach runners out there, the first
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  high tide Thursday will be just after 830 with
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  a low tide at 315. The nearshore buoy at Cape
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  Cod Bay reads 39 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Friday will be
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  mostly sunny with a high near 27 and a west wind
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  of around 10 miles per hour. A slight chance
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  of snow arrives after midnight into Saturday
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  and again late Sunday into Monday, with overnight
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  lows in the upper teens to low 20s and highs
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  around 30 on Saturday and Sunday before dropping
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  back to near 27 Monday. Bonjour, food enthusiast!
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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, New Hampshire
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  is phasing out vehicle safety inspections, which
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  is causing a stir in Massachusetts, where annual
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  inspections are still mandatory. While inspections
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  will remain required through January 31, drivers
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  must still secure their 2025 sticker. Concerns
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  have been raised about safety and environmental
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  impacts, as some believe that there should be
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  some kind of regulation to prevent unsafe vehicles
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  on the road. Mechanics emphasize that inspections
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  often reveal serious issues that drivers may
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  overlook, including rusted frames and failing
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  brake lines. As New Hampshire moves forward,
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  residents in Massachusetts are divided on whether
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  to follow suit. Now on to sports. In Orlando,
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  Florida, Texas coach Steve Sarkisian was uncertain
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  what to expect in the Citrus Bowl without nine
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  starters due to injury or the transfer portal.
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  However, he was thrilled to see Christian Carter
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  and Callick Lockett make significant contributions
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  in a 41 to 27 victory over Michigan. Quarterback
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  Arch Manning was pivotal throwing for 221 yards
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  and rushing for 155 yards, scoring four touchdowns
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  total. Manning's explosive 60 -yard run clinched
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  the game, leading Texas to a 10 -win season.
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  Michigan, meanwhile, faced challenges with a
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  new coach and recent controversies, finishing
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  the season at nine wins and four losses. And
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  today, we have an action -packed slate of games.
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  Starting at 12 Eastern, number 5 Oregon takes
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  on number 4 Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl on
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  ESPN. Next at 4 Eastern, number 9 Alabama takes
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  on number 1 Indiana in the Rose Bowl on ESPN.
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  And at 5 Eastern, number 6 Ole Miss takes on
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  number 5 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on ESPN. in
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  local sports. David Pasternak had two goals and
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  an assist as the Bruins closed out the calendar
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  year with a much -needed 6 -2 victory over the
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  Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. Hampus Lindholm
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  and Elias Lindholm each contributed a goal and
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  an assist for the Bruins, who snapped a six -game
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  losing streak. Jeremy Swamen was solid in net
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  with 34 stops for the win. Sekhaiman and Jack
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  Roslavic scored for the Pacific Division -leading
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  Oilers, who have lost two of three. Pasternak
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  was one of five players with more than 100 regular
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  season points in the 2025 calendar year. Up next,
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  the Bruins faced the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday.
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  In top news, Miami stunned Ohio State in the
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  Cotton Bowl. reaching the college football playoff
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  semifinals. Kante Scott returned an interception
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  72 yards for a touchdown, while Carson Beck threw
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  a scoring pass, leading No. 10 Miami to a 24
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  -14 victory. The Hurricanes, with a record of
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  12 -2, have now won two playoff games to secure
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  a spot in football's Final Four. Coach Mario
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  Cristobal's team will face either No. 3C Georgia
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  or sixth seed Ole Miss, in the semifinals on
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  January 8th. This victory marks a significant
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  moment for Miami as they seek their first national
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  title since 2001. In business news, the tiny
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  Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan has made a remarkable
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  shift towards cryptocurrency, transforming its
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  economy and reducing poverty rates. Since diversifying
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  into Bitcoin, the percentage of people living
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  in poverty has decreased from 28 % in 2017 to
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  11 .6 % in 2022. Bhutan now holds a stash of
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  cryptocurrency worth $1 .3 billion, which is
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  around 40 % of its gross domestic product. The
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  government has launched a national digital identity
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  system using blockchain technology and a nationwide
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  cryptocurrency payment system for tourists. Bhutan
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  is positioning itself as a hub for innovation,
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  aiming to attract the world's best minds. In
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  crypto movement, Bitcoin is down 1 % to about
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  $88 ,000. Ethereum is unchanged at $3 ,000. And
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  XRP is down 2 % to $1 .83. 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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  well -being. Scientific research affirms its
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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 now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk science. For the
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  first time ever, the colossal squid might have
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  shown its secret face. Did cameras finally spot
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  the ocean's most elusive monster? Although it
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  is the largest invertebrate species in the world,
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  scientists have never glimpsed the colossal squid,
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  Messenichotuthis himeltoni, in its natural habitat.
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  A non -profit ocean research team named Colossal
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  may have finally spotted a juvenile colossal
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  squid as it traversed the waters around Antarctica.
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  If true, this would be the first video of its
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  kind. The team captured this footage by raking
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  a deep -sea camera to a polar tourism vessel.
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  Finding verified footage of a colossal squid
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  remains extremely challenging. And in entertainment
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  news... In the Peacock Thriller, the Copenhagen
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  Test, Simu Liu portrays Alexander Hale, an intelligence
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  analyst whose brain has been hacked. The series
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  follows Hale, who works for an organization called
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  The Orphanage, dedicated to overseeing United
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  States intelligence. Although the series explores
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  interesting themes, such as loyalty and integrity,
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  its complicated plot becomes overwhelming. The
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  character struggles with health issues while
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  competing for a promotion, leading to a convoluted
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  narrative. Despite its potential, the Copenhagen
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  test fails to deliver a gripping experience.
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  ultimately losing momentum and interest among
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  viewers. Well, all righty, folks. It's time for
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  the quote of the day. And today, our quote comes
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  from the American author and motivational speaker,
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  Zig Ziglar. And he said, you don't have to be
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  great to start, but you have to start to be great.
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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.