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Kraft Exits Mayoral Race, Red Sox vs Yankees, Clippers Scandal · 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 Friday, September 12th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 75 years ago, today in 1958, Jack Kilby
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  at Texas Instruments in Dallas, Texas, demonstrated
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  the first working integrated circuit, a breakthrough
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  that launched the modern age of electronics.
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  and transformed human capability in communication,
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  computation, and discovery. That remarkable moment
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  inspired generations to innovate, to explore,
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  and to build a brighter future for all humanity.
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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 mostly sunny and it
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  feels like 60 degrees with 9 mile per hour wind.
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  The sunset will take place at 6 .56 and it will
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  rise again tomorrow at 6 .22. It looks like we're
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  in for a sunny Friday with a high near 69 and
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  a gentle northeast wind around 9 miles per hour
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  tonight. Expect mostly clear skies with a low
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  around 52 and light south winds. For all you
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  beach runners out there, the first low tide Friday
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  will be just before 9. with a high tide at 315.
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  The nearshore gooey at Cape Cod Bay reads 65
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  degrees for the water temperature. Looking ahead
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  in the weather. Expect sunny skies on Saturday
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  with a high near 72 and a light south wind. Saturday
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  night will be mostly cloudy with a low around
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  59 and a south wind. On Sunday, there is a slight
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  chance of rain showers after 4 p .m. with partly
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  sunny skies and a high near 77 along with a northwest
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  wind. Sunday night brings a slight chance of
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  rain showers before 8 p .m. with partly cloudy
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  skies and a low around 57 along with a southwest
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  wind. Monday will be sunny with a high near 75
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  and a northeast wind. Monday night will be mostly
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  clear with a low around 57 and a light south
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  wind. On Tuesday, expect sunny skies again with
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  a high near 76 and a northeast wind. Tuesday
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  night will be mostly clear with a low around
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  58 and a south wind. Bonjour, food enthusiasts.
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  Sunny mornings send you. In local news, days
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  after his defeat in Boston's September 9th preliminary
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  election, philanthropist Josh Craft suspended
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  his campaign for mayor. Craft, 58 years old,
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  announced his decision during an interview with
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  WCVB -TV, expressing appreciation for the opportunity
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  to make an impact in the community. He finished
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  a distant second to incumbent Mayor Michelle
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  Wu, who earned 72 % of the vote. With Kraft's
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  exit, Wu is effectively guaranteed another four
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  -year term in City Hall. Kraft plans to focus
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  his resources, including $3 .0 million, on addressing
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  the crisis at Mass and Cass in the South End.
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  Now on to sports. New reports suggest that the
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  Los Angeles Clippers organization may have been
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  aware of issues surrounding their endorsement
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  deal with the company, aspiration, which recently
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  went bankrupt. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver emphasized
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  the need for due process regarding the investigation
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  into potential salary cap violations. Kawhi Leonard's
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  endorsement deal, worth $28 million, paid him
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  $7 million annually. despite him not promoting
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  the company. Clippers owner Steve Vollmer invested
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  $50 million into aspiration and stated he felt
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  duped. On December 15th, Leonard received a delayed
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  payment of $1 ,800 ,000. The investigation continues
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  as circumstantial evidence mounts, raising concerns
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  among other team owners. Add on to football.
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  Last night on Thursday Night Football, the Packers
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  go to 2 -0 by defeating the commanders at Lambeau
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  27 -18. Jordan Love was 19 -31 with 292 yards
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  passing, two touchdowns and no interceptions.
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  Jaden Daniels was 24 -42 with 200 yards passing,
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  two touchdowns and no interceptions. Looking
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  ahead. On Sunday Night Football, we got the 0
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  -1 Falcons at 1 -0 Vikings. Kickoff is at 820
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  Eastern, 520 Pacific. Minnesota is favored by
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  3 .5, and the over -under set at 44 .5. Another
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  big game this weekend is Eagles at Chiefs on
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  Fox at 1 .25 Eastern time. In local sports, The
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  Red Sox were off last night, but tonight, they
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  are back in action at Fenway Park, taking on
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  the Yankees for game one of a three game series.
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  Lucas Gialito, with a 10 -3 record and a 3 .38
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  earned run average, faces Lewis Gill, who is
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  3 -1 with a 3 .31. First pitch is at 7 -10 under
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  clear skies and 62 degrees in Boston. On Sunday
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  afternoon at one on CBS, the Pats take on the
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  Dolphins in Miami. Both teams are looking for
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  their first win of the season. Miami is favored
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  by one and a half, with the over -under set at
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  42 and a half. Game time temps are looking like
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  86 degrees. In top news, after 10 years of black
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  hole science, Steph Hawking is proven right.
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  Researchers have spent a decade improving massive
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  detectors to catch shockwaves from colliding
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  black holes. On September 14, 2015, physicists
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  detected gravitational waves, a huge breakthrough
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  that won three key figures the Nobel Prize in
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  Physics. Now scientists have observed that the
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  surface area of black holes can never decrease.
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  confirming a key idea proposed by Hocking in
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  1971. This proof of his theory is a testament
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  to his legacy, even after his passing in 2018.
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  Researchers are also planning new detectors that
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  could be 10 times more sensitive. In business
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  news, new car buyers, beware, the latest data
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  is concerning. So far, 2025 has been a car buyers
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  market, but that could change quickly. The threat
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  of tariffs has forced car companies to increase
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  their incentive spending to attract buyers. Buyers
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  have responded positively, leading to record
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  -setting sales for companies like Ford, General
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  Motors, and Kia. Ford was the top -selling brand
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  in the United States during the first half of
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  the year. However, there are no concrete plans
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  to lower tariffs. Average new vehicle transaction
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  prices in August rose to $49 ,077. Incentive
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  spending fell slightly to 7 .2 % of average transaction
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  price in August. In crypto movement, Bitcoin
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  is up half a percent for the week, to just over
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  $115 ,000. Ethereum is up 4%. to just under $4
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  ,500. And SRP is up 5 % to $3 .03. 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. Microsoft
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  and OpenAI have reached a deal to extend their
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  partnership, easing the startup's path to becoming
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  a for -profit company. This agreement follows
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  months of tension between the two, as Microsoft
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  is OpenAI's exclusive cloud provider and a major
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  investor. While the terms remain undisclosed,
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  both organizations are set to receive approximately
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  30 % of the new company's stake. OpenAI aims
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  to finalize its restructure by the end of the
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  year to secure $19 billion in funding. Despite
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  the partnership, OpenAI faces challenges from
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  various opponents, including billionaire Elon
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  Musk, who has initiated legal action against
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  the startup. And in entertainment news, Pioneertown,
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  California is experiencing a vibrant renaissance.
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  moving beyond its roots as a Hollywood movie
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  set into a real Western town with a unique identity.
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  The Main Street Band performed at the Red Dog
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  Saloon as locals and visitors mingled, enjoying
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  the warm atmosphere. Local shopkeeper Joanne
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  Gosen emphasized, this is a real town and it's
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  our town. Despite recent challenges, Pioneer
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  Town is finding a new equilibrium with small
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  businesses flourishing. Visitors can enjoy activities
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  like bowling, taco dining, and even fresh bagels
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  on Sundays. The community desires slow growth
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  that preserves its Western character, navigating
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  the challenges posed by the desert environment.
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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 science fiction writer, Octavia Butler.
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  And she said, All that you touch, you change.
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  All that you change, changes you. And that's
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  a wrap for this morning. You can check out our
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  Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some captivating
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  aerial videos with local news and the weather
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  reports. Have an amazing day, my good friends.
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  We'll see you tomorrow with another episode of
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  Sunny Mornings in Boston.