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Bruins Extend Home Streak, Celtics Fall to Spurs AI Agent Mines Crypto, Gold Prices Soar · 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 Wednesday, March 11th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 38 years ago, today, in 1988, a self
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  -replicating program known as the Morris Worm
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  made its presence felt across dozens of networked
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  computers, revealing how software could spread
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  and prompt widespread attention. Its discovery
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  led to the creation of dedicated computer security
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  practices and the birth of a community focused
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  on protecting networks and raising awareness
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  about digital resilience. So now you know. And
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  now it's time for the weather report. This morning
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  it's partly sunny and it feels like 39 degrees
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  with five mile per hour wind. The sunset will
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  take place at 6 .45, and it will rise again tomorrow
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  at 6 .57. It looks like we're in for some patchy
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  fog this morning, with a slight chance of rain
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  after 8, mostly cloudy skies, and a high near
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  48, along with an easy east wind around 7. Tonight.
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  Expect a chance of rain before 10, then more
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  rain and patchy fog, mostly cloudy, with a low
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  of 44 and a moderate south wind, gusting up to
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  23. The nearshore gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads
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  36 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather. Thursday will be mostly
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  cloudy with a chance of rain and a high near
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  58. with west winds around 10 to 14 miles per
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  hour and gusts up to 25. Rain or rain -snow mix
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  is possible Thursday night before 8 p .m. with
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  lows near 30 and lighter west winds. Then Friday
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  turns mostly sunny with highs near 46 and southwest
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  gusts near 23. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This
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  coffee. They are open every day from 8 to 5.
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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, the owner
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  of TD Garden is suing a cannabis dispensary called
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  the Boston Garden for allegedly copying their
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  distinctive and famous trademark, particularly
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  the name of Boston's former arena. Delaware North,
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  operated by the billionaire Jacobs family, filed
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  a federal lawsuit in court in Boston last month,
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  claiming trademark infringement and dilution.
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  The complaint argues that the dispensary's name
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  is likely to deceive the public, suggesting confusion
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  regarding source and affiliation. Co -founders
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  Jonathan Tucker and Ivelys Rivera insist they
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  followed all legal processes when establishing
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  their brand, which has expanded since its 2021
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  opening in Athol. Rivera noted that their brand
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  has never been associated with sports events.
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  Now on to sports. In college basketball, H .E.
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  DiGhanza put on a historic show in the Big 12
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  tournament. The BYU freshmen scored 40 points
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  against Kansas State last night, setting a new
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  Big 12 tournament record for freshmen and surpassing
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  Kevin Durant's mark of 37. Dybanza shot 15 of
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  21 from the field with nine rebounds and six
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  assists in a 105 to 91 win. He faces West Virginia
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  today in the second round. Meanwhile, 15th seeded
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  Pitt pulled off an upset in the ACC tournament
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  with DeMarco Minor hitting the game winner with
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  0 .7 seconds left for a 64 to 63 victory over
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  Stanford. The Panthers dominated the boards with
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  a 20 -7 advantage on offensive rebounds. Switching
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  to the diamond, Italy stunned Team USA 8 -6 in
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  world baseball classic pool play. The Italians
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  took an 8 -0 lead before the Americans mounted
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  a late comeback that fell short. Italy improves
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  to 3 -0 while the USA finishes pool play at 3
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  -1. In local sports, the Bruins extended their
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  home dominance to 13 straight with a 2 -1 overtime
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  win over the Kings last night. Charlie McEvoy
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  scored just 39 seconds into OT on a feed from
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  Mark Kastelic, while Mason Laurie broke the scoreless
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  tie in the third. Jeremy Swamen was sharp with
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  14 saves. The San Jose Sharks come to town Thursday
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  at 7 p .m. Meanwhile, the Celtics got a rough
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  lesson from San Antonio, falling 125 -116 in
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  a contentious matchup down south. Derek White
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  led Boston with 34 points, but it was not enough
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  against Victor Wembenyama's dominant 39 -point,
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  11 -rebound performance. Jason Tatum added 24
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  in his third game back from his Achilles injury.
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  though Jalen Brown was ejected in the first half
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  after an argument with officials. Oklahoma City
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  awaits tomorrow night at 930. On the Patriots'
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  front, the offseason is picking up steam. Romeo
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  Dubs signed a four -year deal worth up to $80
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  million, giving Drake May a legitimate top target.
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  Drummond Jones and Alicia Vera Tucker also joined,
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  bolstering both the weapons and protection around
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  the franchise quarterback. In top news, gold
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  investments have been rewarding for many investors,
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  especially those who bought over a year ago.
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  Gold's price rose from about $2 ,600 per ounce.
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  Early last year, to over $5 ,500 per ounce in
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  early 2026. Investors are increasingly buying
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  gold to protect against stock market volatility.
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  The federal government taxes gold as a collectible,
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  leading to higher long -term capital gains rates.
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  However, a strategy known as the IRS loophole
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  allows investors to hold physical gold in a self
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  -directed gold individual retirement account.
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  This offers tax advantages similar to traditional
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  retirement accounts. Investors can benefit from
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  tax -deferred growth or tax -free growth depending
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  on the type of account. In business news, surging
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  oil prices are upending the stock market, and
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  the travel industry is being hit particularly
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  hard. Norwegian Cruise Line and Carnival have
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  both fallen close to 20 % since the conflict
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  began. making them the two worst performers in
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  the S &P 500. Southwest Airlines is down 16%,
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  while United Airlines has dropped 13%. As oil
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  prices surged above $100 a barrel, airlines and
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  cruise operators were around 3 -4 % lower in
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  pre -market trading. However, it is still possible
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  for the energy spike to become a short -term
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  headwind for the travel sector. In crypto movement,
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  Bitcoin is up 2 % to $70 ,000. Ethereum is up
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  1 .5 % to $2 ,000. And XRP is up 1 .5 % to $1
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  .39. 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 now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk tech. AI agents
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  are becoming more prevalent, yet they remain
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  unpredictable. Recently, an AI agent named Roam,
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  part of a research project by a lab linked to
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  Alibaba, unexpectedly began mining cryptocurrency.
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  Researchers discovered this unusual activity
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  through severe security alerts indicating attempts
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  to access internal resources. They described
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  the AI's actions as unsafe behaviors arising
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  without explicit instruction. Fortunately, the
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  researchers intervened before any real -world
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  damage occurred. This incident highlights the
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  potential risks associated with AI agents in
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  the corporate world. As their popularity grows,
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  so does the need for stricter guidelines. And
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  in entertainment news, War Machine, a new sci
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  -fi action film starring Alan Richson, was the
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  most watched title on Netflix during the week
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  of March 2nd to March 8th, debuting with 39 .3
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  million views in three days. Season 4 of Bridgerton
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  was the second most watched title overall. and
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  the most watched on the television chart, hitting
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  13 .1 million views in the first full week of
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  availability for part two. The season debuted
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  at number one with four episodes in January,
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  then returned to number one with 28 million views
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  last week with the release of its final four
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  episodes. Well, all righty, folks, it's time
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  for the quote of the day. And today... Our quote
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  comes from the American computer scientist and
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  internet pioneer, Vint Cerf. And he said, the
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  internet is a reflection of our society and that
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  mirror is going to be reflecting what we see.
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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.