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Patriots Triumph, Celtics vs Pacers, Sony's Peanuts Deal. · 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 Monday, December 22nd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 81 years ago, today, in 1944. Allied
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  forces sealed a hard -fought breakthrough in
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  the Ardens, pushing back a last -majored German
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  winter offensive and liberating the siege towns.
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  That victory marked a decisive turning point
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  that restored momentum to the Allied advance,
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  shortening the road to final victory in Europe
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  and boosting morale across armies and homelands.
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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 sunny and it feels
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  like 10 degrees with 16 mile per hour wind. The
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  sunset will take place at 415, and it will rise
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  again tomorrow at 709. It looks like we're in
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  for a sunny Monday with a high near 33 and a
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  breezy northwest wind blowing at 10 to 16, gusting
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  up to 26 tonight. Expect mostly cloudy skies,
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  a chance of snow after 4 a .m., and a low around
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  25 with light wind. For all you beach runners
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  out there, the first low tide Monday will be
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  at 615, with a high tide at 1230. The nearshore
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  buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 44 degrees for the
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  water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather,
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  Tuesday will be cloudy with snow likely and a
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  high near 35, with new accumulation under one
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  inch and southeast winds around five miles per
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  hour. Wednesday starts with a chance of snow
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  early, then turns mostly sunny, with highs near
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  38 and northwest winds up to 26 miles per hour.
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  Christmas Day stays mostly cloudy, with highs
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  near 40 and a chance of mixed precipitation,
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  returning Thursday night into Friday, with highs
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  around 41. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This podcast
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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, during ski season, mountain
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  officials across New England post daily weather
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  reports that are both useful and entertaining.
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  On Friday morning, Watjuset Mountain in Princeton
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  reminded skiers to pack their ponchos, stating,
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  precipitation, fog, and wind. Oh my. But there
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  is no curve ball that can be thrown that we can't
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  handle. In contrast, Jiminy Peak announced a
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  suspension of operations due to unfavorable conditions,
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  while Jay Peak highlighted a season total of
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  194 inches of snow. Cranmore Mountain officials
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  embraced the unpredictable weather, encouraging
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  skiers to enjoy the fresh mountain air despite
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  the rain. Over at Sunday River, officials declared,
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  Today is wet, windy, and unapologetically New
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  England. Now on to sports. Drake May guided New
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  England to a pair of fourth -quarter touchdowns,
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  rallying his team from an 11 -point deficit to
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  a 28 -24 victory over Baltimore on Sunday night,
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  which clinched a postseason spot for the Patriots
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  and dealt a devastating blow to the Ravens' playoff
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  hopes. Down 24 -13 in the fourth quarter, May
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  answered with a 37 -yard scoring strike to Kyle
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  Williams. and a two -point conversion pass to
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  Ramondre Stevenson made it a three -point game
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  with nine minutes to play. After New England
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  forced a punt, the Patriots drove 89 yards for
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  the winning touchdown. The Ravens, who lost Lamar
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  Jackson to a back injury in the second quarter,
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  turned the ball over on their final drive on
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  a fumble by Zay Flowers. And tonight on Monday
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  Night Football, The 49ers are at the Colts at
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  8 .15 Eastern on ESPN and ABC. The odds favor
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  the 49ers by 6 points. Against the spread, the
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  49ers are 9 -5, while the Colts are 8 -6. In
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  a last meeting, the Colts defeated the 49ers
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  30 -18 on October 24. The 49ers offense ranks
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  10th overall, with a scoring rank of 11th. The
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  Colts offense ranks eighth overall, with a scoring
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  rank of six. Look out for 49ers wide receiver,
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  Joann Jennings, who caught two touchdown passes
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  last game, bringing his total to six in the last
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  six games. The key matchup will be San Francisco's
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  run defense against Jonathan Taylor, who is chasing
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  his second league rushing title. In local sports,
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  The Indiana Pacers will face the Celtics tonight
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  at 7 .30 at the Garden. The Pacers enter the
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  game after losing four consecutive matchups,
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  sitting at six wins and 22 losses in the Eastern
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  Conference. In contrast, the Celtics are third
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  in the Eastern Conference with a record of 17
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  wins and 11 losses. Boston leads the conference
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  in team defense, allowing 110 .5 points per game.
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  Jalen Brown is the Celtic standout, averaging
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  29 .3 points, while Pascal Siakam leads the Pacers
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  with 23 .8 points. In top news, Sony Group has
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  agreed to acquire a 41 % stake held by Canadian
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  entertainment company Wildbrain and Peanuts Holdings
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  for $457 .2 million. The Japanese conglomerate
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  announced on Friday that two of its subsidiaries,
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  Sony Music Entertainment Japan and Sony Pictures
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  Entertainment, will purchase the stake for $630
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  million Canadian dollars. After this transaction,
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  the subsidiaries will indirectly own an 80 %
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  equity interest in peanuts, which will become
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  a consolidated subsidiary of Sony. This transaction
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  is subject to regulatory approvals and other
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  closing conditions. In business news, stocks
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  rallied on Friday, capping a mixed week for major
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  averages in the final full trading week of 2025.
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  The tech -heavy Nasdaq composite rose about 0
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  .4%, while the blue -chip Dow Jones Industrial
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  average fell about 0 .7%. All three major indexes
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  will enter the final seven trading sessions of
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  2025 within 3 % of record highs. Investors will
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  focus on the prospects of a Santa Claus rally
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  and upcoming economic data from the Conference
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  Board. American consumers are entering the holidays
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  with less joy as consumer sentiment remains significantly
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  below last December's levels. Traders are hopeful
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  for a Santa Claus rally despite lingering concerns
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  about valuations. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is up 2 % over the weekend to $89 ,000. Ethereum
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  is up half a percent to just over $30 ,000. And
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  XRP is up half a percent to $1 .92. Moving on
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  to a more local vibe. In our community spotlight
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  on health and wellness, we are working with a
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  national Pilates studio to bring you some free
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  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. Google has
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  filed a lawsuit against SERP API, a company that
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  offers tools to scrape content on the web, including
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  Google search results. SERP API is accused of
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  violating the Copyright Act by using deceptive
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  means to automatically access and take Google's
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  search results at an astonishing scale. Google
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  argues that its search results include a substantial
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  amount of copyrighted content, including images.
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  It alleges that SERP API... undermines its investment
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  in licenses by making the content available to
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  other services that need not incur similar costs.
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  Google asks the court to order SERP API to stop
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  circumventing its restrictions against scraping.
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  sets the box office ablaze with a scorching $345
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  million global premiere. The success of James
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  Cameron's fantasy -threacle marks the fifth major
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  weekend in a row at the domestic box office.
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  Despite a downturn from Avatar, The Way of Water,
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  each entry in the franchise has proven an enduring
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  success, racking up hundreds of millions. New
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  premieres occupied the leading spots, including
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  the animated Christian film David, the erotic
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  thriller The Housemaid, and the comical family
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  film The SpongeBob Movie, Search for SquarePants.
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  Cameron's franchise has now earned over $5 .6
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  billion globally, breaking every record for profitability.
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  Well, alrighty 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 economist and author Milton Friedman.
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  And he said, And that's a wrap for this morning.
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  You can check out our Instagram, YouTube, and
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  TikTok for some captivating aerial videos. with
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  local news and the weather reports. Have an amazing
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  day, my good friends. We'll see you tomorrow
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  with another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.