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Boston Snubbed in Sports Ranking, Red Sox Snap Losing Streak · 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 Tuesday, May 19th. You'll be interested
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  to know, 64 years ago, today in 1962, Marilyn
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  Monroe sang Happy Birthday to President John
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  F. Kennedy in a sultry, intimate performance
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  that captivated the nation. That moment became
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  an enduring cultural milestone, cementing her
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  status as a screen icon and shaping public perceptions
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  of celebrity and charisma. 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 sunny and it feels like 69 degrees with
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  7 mile per hour wind. The sunset will take place
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  at Ego 2. and it will rise again tomorrow at
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  516. It looks like we're in for some mostly sunny
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  weather today, with a high near 94, and a moderate
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  southwest breeze, around 12 miles per hour, so
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  a slight chance of rain is possible. If you're
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  inland, it will hit a high of 94. Tonight, there's
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  a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms
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  before 7 p .m., with partly cloudy skies. a low
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  around 72, and light winds around 12 mph. The
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  new shore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 54 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Wednesday will be mostly sunny with
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  a high near 89, but a chance of rain showers
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  around noon, followed by likely showers and thunderstorms
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  with west winds near 10 mph and gusts up to 24.
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  Wednesday night is mostly cloudy with a low around
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  55 and a chance of showers before 8 as northwest
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  winds remain around 10 mph. Then Thursday and
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  Friday turn mostly sunny with highs near 68 and
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  cooler nights near 49. Rain returns Saturday
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  with showers likely and a high near 60, lingering
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  into Saturday night with lows near 49. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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  to get your morning coffee. They are open every
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  day from 8 to 5. So stop on by and don't forget
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  to tell them. Sunny mornings send you. In local
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  news, Boston was snubbed in a new ranking of
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  sports business cities, falling behind rivals
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  like New York, Atlanta, and Charlotte. The 2026
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  Best Sports Business Cities in the United States
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  ranking by the Sports Business Journal. A sister
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  publication of the Boston Business Journal was
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  announced on Monday morning. Atlanta took the
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  top spot, followed by New York City, Indianapolis,
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  Charlotte, and Minneapolis -St. Paul. While this
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  ranking may be disappointing for Boston sports
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  fans, the city remains a historic hub for sports
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  and business. You can stream NBC 10 Boston News
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  for free 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, wherever
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  you are. Now on to sports. In a thrilling Game
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  7, Alex Newick scored at 11 minutes and 22 seconds
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  of overtime, leading the visiting Montreal Canadiens
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  to a 3 -2 victory over the Buffalo Sabres. The
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  Canadiens will face the Carolina Hurricanes in
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  Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday
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  in Raleigh, North Carolina. In women's hockey
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  news, the professional women's hockey league
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  will expand to San Jose, California, as its 12th
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  franchise, starting play in the 2026 -27 season.
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  Meanwhile, Minnesota Wild goaltender Phillip
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  Gustafson will undergo hip surgery, with his
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  recovery timeline uncertain for training camp.
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  In local sports, the Red Sox picked up a crucial
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  win last night in Kansas City. downing the Royals
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  3 -1 behind a masterful performance from Sonny
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  Gray. The lefty pitched six strong innings, struck
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  out nine, and allowed just one run on Fikets.
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  Wilson Contreras drove in two with a solo home
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  run, while Mickey Gasper and Andrew Monasterio
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  each added two hits to keep the offense humming.
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  Aroldis Chapman closed it out for his 11th save.
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  Tonight, Boston looks to take the series in Game
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  2 at Kauffman Stadium. First pitch is at 740
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  with Ranger Suarez on the mound. The Sox sit
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  at 20 -27 on the season, and momentum matters
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  right now. Yesterday's win snaps a rough stretch.
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  Kansas City will counter with a bullpen game
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  after placing left -hander Chris Bubick on the
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  injured list with left elbow soreness. Suarez
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  brings a 2 -2 record and a 2 .44 era to the mound.
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  Meanwhile, Gray's return from the IL on May 6
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  continues to look sharp. Since coming back, he's
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  given up just two runs over 16 innings with a
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  1 .13 era. Exactly the ace form Boston needs
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  navigating the AL East race. The series wraps
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  up Saturday back at Fenway against Tampa Bay.
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  In top news, the jury has thrown out Elon Musk's
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  lawsuit against OpenAI, which is the maker of
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  ChatGPT, after a federal judge in California
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  found he exceeded the statute of limitations.
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  Musk had claimed that OpenAI betrayed its original
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  mission of developing artificial intelligence
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  for the good of humanity when it added a for
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  -profit arm. OpenAI's co -founders, including
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  Sam Altman, argued Musk was aware of these plans.
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  In response to the verdict, Musk called it a
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  terrible precedent and vowed to appeal. The trial
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  revealed contentious details about the company's
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  operations and leadership, highlighting the complexities
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  of the artificial intelligence landscape. In
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  business news, Berkshire Hathaway's revamp of
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  its portfolio sent certain stocks higher on Monday.
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  as investors parsed the company's latest bets
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  and exits disclosed in the conglomerate's quarterly
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  filings. The Omaha -based conglomerate revealed
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  its quarter -end equity holdings in a regulatory
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  filing on Friday, providing one of the first
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  looks at the portfolio under new chief executive
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  officer Greg Abel. One significant move was a
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  new stake in Delta Airlines, with Berkshire purchasing
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  39 .8 million shares. valued at $2 .6 billion
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  at the end of March. Delta shares jumped more
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  than 3 % at one point on Monday. Berkshire also
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  initiated a position in Macy's last quarter,
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  with shares climbing over 1%. The conglomerate
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  increased its position in Alphabet, making it
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  the seventh -largest holding. Berkshire sold
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  numerous stocks last quarter, including Amazon
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  and MasterCard. Abel continues to consult with
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  Warren Buffett on investment decisions. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is unchanged at about $77 ,000.
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  Ethereum is up 1 % to just over $2 ,000. And
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  XRP is unchanged at $1 .38. 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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  so listen up. Check out Club Pilates with several
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  locations in the Boston area. Pilates presents
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  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
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk science. Scientists
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  found stardust trapped in Antarctic ice. This
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  dust can penetrate the shielding of the solar
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  system and end up on Earth. Researchers discovered
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  radioactive stardust remnants from supernovas
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  in ice. serving as clues to our solar system's
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  history. They found a radioactive iron isotope
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  known as iron -60 in the ice. Lead author Dominic
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  Cole stated they traced its origin to the local
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  interstellar cloud. The team analyzed 300 kilograms
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  of ice samples, dating back 40 ,000 to 80 ,000
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  years. They discovered less iron -60 in older
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  samples. suggesting less interstellar dust reached
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  Earth during that time. This suggests a link
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  between these clouds and a nearby stellar explosion.
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  And in entertainment news, this under -seen seven
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  -part psychological thriller is your next Netflix
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  weekend binge. Ministries are perfect for psychological
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  thrillers, as they tell twisty stories across
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  several episodes. culminating in shocking endings.
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  One highly binge -worthy series is Netflix's
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  severely underrated Echoes, which is a true nail
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  -biter from start to finish. Echoes follows adult
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  twins, Leni and Gina McCleary, who switch places
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  every year on their birthday. When Gina goes
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  missing, Leni investigates under the guise of
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  her sister, unearthing complicated family secrets.
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  Echoes is a mind -bending series that keeps viewers
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  on the edge of their seats until the end. It
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  is available to stream on Netflix. Well, alrighty
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  folks, it's time for the quote of the day. And
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  today, our quote comes from the American sports
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  journalist and author, Howard Cosell. And he
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  said, Sports is human life in microcosm. Reflecting
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  the passion, struggle, and triumph that define
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  our existence. And that's a wrap for this morning.
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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.