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Springfield Schools Reopen After Cyberattack, Apple Unveils Foldable iPhone · 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, September 10th. You'll be
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  interested to know. 18 years ago, today, in 2008,
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  scientists activated the Large Hadron Collider,
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  starting the world's largest particle accelerator
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  to explore fundamental physics. through unprecedented
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  high -energy particle collisions. So today, marvel
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  at how curiosity drives big science forward.
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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 rain
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  showers, and it feels like 74 degrees with 16
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  mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at 6 .59, and it will rise again tomorrow at
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  620. It looks like we're in for a chance of rain
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  showers before 8 a .m., then mostly sunny with
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  a high near 85, accompanied by a breezy west
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  wind around 16 miles per hour and thus hitting
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  31 miles per hour. If you're inland, it will
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  hit a high of 85 tonight. Expect mostly cloudy
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  skies with a low around 62. and a moderate northwest
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  breeze around 12 miles per hour. The nearshore
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  buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 68 degrees for the
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  water temperature. Looking ahead in the weather.
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  Friday will be sunny with a high near 75 and
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  a northwest wind around 6 to 13 miles per hour.
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  Saturday stays sunny with highs near 75 and a
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  light south wind. then a slight chance of showers
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  late Saturday night with lows near 63. Sunday
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  brings a 50 % chance of showers with highs near
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  76 and a south wind, easing to mostly cloudy
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  Sunday night with a lower chance of rain and
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  lows near 65. Monday turns mostly sunny with
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  highs near 77 and a northwest breeze with a mild
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  night near 61. Bonjour, food enthusiasts! This
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  podcast is brought to you by Versailles Cafe
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  and Pastries in Encinitas. Nestled on El Camino
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  Real South, just north of Encinitas Boulevard,
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  this cafe is a haven for culinary delights. Indulge
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  in their amazing Eggs Benedict or their gluten
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  -free crepes. You can grab a panini for lunch
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  or just breeze on through to get your morning
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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, Springfield
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  schools will reopen on Monday after a cyber attack
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  caused cancellations for the rest of the week,
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  as computer experts work to restore essential
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  systems that have been down since Friday. Superintendent
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  Sonia Dinnall initially suggested classes might
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  resume sooner. but opted for the extended closure
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  to ensure the safety of students and staff. The
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  malicious attack, categorized as Level 4, has
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  prompted investigations by the FBI, Massachusetts
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  State Police, and local authorities. Dinnall
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  emphasized the adaptability of teachers, stating,
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  technology was never meant to supplant teachers,
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  only supplement teaching. Students will continue
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  learning with traditional materials. while the
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  school committee will decide how to address canceled
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  days, ensuring compliance with state requirements.
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  Now on to sports. Last night, the Seattle Seahawks
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  held off the New England Patriots 13 -10, their
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  first meeting since Seattle's 29 -13 Super Bowl
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  win in February. Drew Locke rallied Seattle.
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  from a 10 -0 deficit after starter Sam Darnold,
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  left with a hip injury, and the defense sealed
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  it when cornerback Josh Jobe intercepted Drake
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  May in the end zone, with 26 seconds left, May's
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  third pick of the half. New England opens 0 -1
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  despite the fourth quarter lead. Seattle opens
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  1 -0 but faces questions about Darnold's health.
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  Tonight on Thursday Night Football, the San Francisco
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  49ers and the Los Angeles Rams open their seasons
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  against each other from Melbourne, the NFL's
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  first regular season game in Australia. Stafford
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  and Nakua lead a Rams offense that led the league
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  in scoring bolstered by Miles Garrett and possibly
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  Aaron Donald. San Francisco arrives banged up
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  with Nick Bosa and George Kittle both uncertain.
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  In local sports, over at Fenway, the Red Sox
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  dropped the rubber match to the Angels 6 -4 Tuesday,
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  Jake Bennett giving up three homers in the loss.
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  Boston is still 80 -67, and looks to bounce back
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  tomorrow night hosting Kansas City, Sunny Gray
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  on the mound against Seth Lugo. New England claimed
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  Cameron Lattu, and Darius Musso off waivers this
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  week, and running back Trevion Henderson is out
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  for the opener with an ankle injury. They host
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  Pittsburgh Sunday at one. On the gridiron at
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  the Heights, Boston College hosts Rutgers Friday
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  night in the Red Bandana game, marking 25 years
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  since 9 -11. Both teams are zero and one. Mason
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  McKenzie looks to bounce back. and center Michael
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  Krowns and tackle Vaker Jean Jumeau should be
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  good to go despite injury scares. Kickoff 7 .30
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  on ESPN2. Meanwhile, Bruins center Matthew Poitras
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  still hasn't signed as camp opens next week.
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  And Celtics guard Peyton Pritchard says he's
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  in no rush on his extension talks. In top news,
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  Today, Apple's new Chief Executive Officer, John
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  Ternes, announced several new iPhones, Apple
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  Watches and AirPods. Among the highlights is
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  the first -ever foldable iPhone, the iPhone Duo,
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  which features a roughly 7 .8 -inch display and
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  starts at $1 ,999. Additionally, the iPhone 18
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  Pro starts at $1 ,199. while the iPhone 18 Pro
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  Max begins at $1 ,299. Both Apple Watch Series
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  12 and Apple Watch Ultra 4 retain their prices,
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  starting at $399 and $799 respectively. Apple
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  also introduced AirPods 5, priced at $129, delivering
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  enhanced noise cancellation and battery life.
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  In business news, Bitcoin has once again formed
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  a bullish golden cross chart pattern, suggesting
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  that further gains are likely for the largest
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  digital asset. A golden cross is a closely watched
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  chart pattern that investors see as a bullish
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  momentum indicator. This pattern forms when an
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  asset's 50 -day moving average rises above its
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  200 -day moving average. This is the 13th time
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  in Bitcoin's history that it has formed a golden
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  cross with a price above $78 ,000. Bitcoin has
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  rallied hard since the end of August, rising
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  from $65 ,000 to as high as $82 ,000 in crypto
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  movement. Bitcoin is up 1 % to $78 ,000. Ethereum
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  is up 2%. to about $2 ,000. An XRP is up 2 .5
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  % to $1 .38. Moving on to a more local vibe.
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  In our community spotlight on health and wellness,
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  we are working with a national Pilates studio
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  to bring you some free classes, so listen up.
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  Check out Club Pilates with several locations
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  in the Boston area. Pilates presents a comprehensive
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  wellness approach. cultivating strength, reducing
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  tension, and elevating mental well -being. Scientific
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  research affirms its benefits. So now you can
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  check out Club Pilates for a free class. With
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  locations in Canton, Wellesley, Hingham, Brookline,
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  and Framingham, just be sure to tell them Sunny
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  Morning sent you by. And now back to the show.
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  Let's talk tech. scientists have an indisputable
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  playful side, evidenced by frequent allusions
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  to popular culture in their research publications.
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  The most frequently referenced musical group
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  is The Beatles, according to a new paper published
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  in the journal PLOS One. Co -author Gabriel Beutel
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  noted that some references are genuinely brilliant.
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  A paper on Long Covid cleverly titled The Lung
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  and Winding Road changes one vowel from a Beatles
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  lyric. In 2014, researchers at the Karolinska
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  Institute revealed they inserted Bob Dylan lyrics
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  into their papers as part of a long -running
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  bet. Meteorologists and climate scientists also
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  referenced Dylan lyrics. A 2023 analysis found
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  the clashes, Should I Stay or Should I Go, dominated
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  with 408 references. Boodle and his colleagues,
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  all Beatles fans, noted the band's significant
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  presence in science. As of July 25, 2025, a search
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  revealed 116 articles referencing The Beatles.
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  And in entertainment news, Netflix has invested
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  heavily in turning animated and anime films into
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  successful live -action movies, with mixed results
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  over the years. One Piece has become one of Netflix's
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  most successful adaptations. proving that such
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  a story can work well with live actors. Based
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  on the popular manga by Ichiro Oda, One Piece
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  follows Monkey D. Luffy, a young pirate aspiring
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  to become the next king of pirates. The series
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  embraces absurdity, featuring extravagant costumes,
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  colorful sets, and characters resembling Oda's
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  drawings. Season 2 opened with 16 .8 million
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  viewers, and now boasts a 100 % critic score
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  on Rotten Tomatoes, signaling its growing popularity.
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  Well, all righty, folks. It's time for the quote
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  of the day. And today, fate. And that's a wrap
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  for this morning. You can check out our Instagram,
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  YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating aerial
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  videos with local news and the weather reports.
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  Have an amazing day, my good friends. We'll see
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  you tomorrow with another episode of Sunny Mornings
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  in Boston.