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Flash Floods Hit Tristate, Red Sox Win Series at Fenway · 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, September 14th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 66 years ago, today, in 1960, the founding
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  of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
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  Countries united oil exporting nations to coordinate
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  production and assert control over global petroleum
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  pricing and export policies. So today, learn
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  about global energy history and its ongoing impact.
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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 slight chance
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  of showers and thunderstorms, and it feels like
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  69 degrees, with 7 mile per hour wind. The sunset
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  will take place at 6 .52, and it will rise again
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  tomorrow at 6 .24. It looks a grin for a slight
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  chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9
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  a .m., then mostly sunny skies with a high near
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  71 and a moderate northwest breeze around 12
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  miles per hour, gusting up to 26. If you're inland,
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  it will hit a high of 72 tonight. Expect clear
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  skies with a low around 52 and a light north
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  wind around 8 miles per hour, gusting up to 21.
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  The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads 66 degrees
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  for the water temperature. Looking ahead in the
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  weather. Tuesday will be sunny with a high near
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  68 and light northeast winds around 7 miles per
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  hour. then mostly clear Tuesday night with lows
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  near 54 and a light south breeze. Wednesday turns
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  mostly sunny and warmer, with highs near 77 and
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  light southwest winds, staying mild into Thursday
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  with a slight chance of showers after 4 p .m.
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  and lows near 63. A chance of morning showers
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  Friday ends before 11 a .m. with highs near 75
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  and north winds near 10 miles per hour. Followed
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  by a cool Friday night low near 58. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts. This podcast is brought to
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  you by Versailles Cafe and Pastries in Encinitas.
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  Nestled on El Camino Real South, just north of
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  Encinitas Boulevard, this cafe is a haven for
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  culinary delights. Indulge in their amazing Eggs
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  Benedict or their gluten -free crepes. You can
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  grab a panini for lunch or just breeze on through
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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, flash flooding caused by heavy rains led
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  to road closures, water rescues, and commuter
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  rail delays across the Tristate area on Sunday.
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  The National Weather Service reported that northern
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  New Jersey, parts of New York's Westchester County,
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  and coastal Connecticut along Interstate 95 were
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  the hardest -hit areas. Rainfall rates reached
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  up to 4 inches per hour, prompting multiple emergency
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  rescues, particularly in Westport, where 13 people
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  were saved from vehicles. Connecticut Governor
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  Ned Lament urged drivers to avoid flooded roads
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  as Tweed New Haven Airport also closed its departures
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  terminal due to flooding. Despite the conditions,
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  Paterson's annual Dominican parade proceeded
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  later in the day, celebrating culture and community.
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  Now onto sports. Last night on Sunday Night Football,
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  the New York Giants defeated the Dallas Cowboys
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  28 -20. Jackson Dart threw three touchdown passes
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  as the Giants offense overwhelmed a Cowboys defense
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  that came into the season heavily retooled. Noon
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  Giants coach John Harbaugh saw his team deliver
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  immediately. Dallas never got closer than the
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  final margin, a particular disappointment given
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  they were slight favorites entering the game.
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  On Saturday night, number one Ohio State. and
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  number four Texas delivered a classic. The Buckeyes
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  dominated early, building a 23 -3 lead behind
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  Jeremiah Smiths, receiving touchdown. But Archmanning
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  pulled Texas into it late in the fourth quarter,
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  and the Longhorns converted a crucial fourth
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  and six from their own 32 -yard line to set up
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  the winning drive. Texas prevailed 24 -23. Number
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  2 Georgia made quick work of Western Kentucky
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  on Saturday afternoon, winning 70 -20. Benner
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  Stockton tied a program record with five passing
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  touchdowns. The Bulldogs struck fast, Anthony
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  Krua forced a fumble on the opening kickoff,
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  and Stockton threw a touchdown just 61 seconds
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  in. Tonight on Monday Night Football, the Denver
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  Broncos visit the Kansas City Chiefs. Patrick
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  Mahomes returns from an ACL tear with no injury
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  designation. Bo Nix leads Denver's top -seeded
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  F .C. West defense -turned -offensive powerhouse.
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  In local sports, the Red Sox took down Kansas
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  City yesterday afternoon 4 -1 to win the series
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  at Fenway. Peyton Toley was dominant, pitching
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  six scoreless innings with seven strikeouts while
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  the offense did its job. Trevor's story drove
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  in two, Caleb Durbin went deep, and Wilson Contreras
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  added two vids. Boston is now 82 -68, and riding
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  a two -game winning streak heading into tomorrow
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  night. They'll take that momentum to Arlington
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  for game one against Texas at Globe Life Field.
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  Patrick Sandoval takes the mound against Rangers
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  starter Cody Bradford, first pitch at 8 .05.
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  The Sox have won seven of their last ten and
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  the Rangers are still fighting for positioning
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  in the West. So this three -game set matters
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  down the stretch. Over on the gridiron, Boston
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  College bounced back in style Friday night, beating
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  Rectors 28 -21 in the Red Bandana game. Mason
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  McKenzie threw a touchdown and ran for another
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  while the defense absolutely dominated. four
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  interceptions, the most since 2023. Dawson Pove
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  was electric, with four catches for 106 yards
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  and a score. The Eagles host Maine next Saturday
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  at 2 p .m. Meanwhile, the Patriots got some rough
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  news. H .E. Brown's high ankle sprain will sideline
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  him six weeks. He likely won't need surgery,
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  but Drake May is now working with a shortened
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  receiving corps down the stretch in the AFC East.
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  In top news, the chief executive officers of
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  two leading artificial intelligence companies
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  are publicly calling for a slowdown in the race
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  to build more powerful artificial intelligence
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  systems, adding to a week of warnings from researchers
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  developing the technology. Dario Amadei, the
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  chief executive officer of Anthropic, argued
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  in an essay published Saturday that artificial
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  intelligence firms should deliberately slow the
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  pace of model development. Hours later, OpenAI
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  chief executive officer Sam Altman endorsed the
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  idea and said his company would adopt one of
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  Amadei's proposed safeguards. Saudi Arabia has
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  shut down a critical oil pipeline after it was
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  struck by drones launched from Iraq. raising
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  concerns about regional stability. In business
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  news, Elon Musk sent governments a message about
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  the robot economy. They claims about machines
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  and work always arrive with a number attached
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  because the number is what does the persuading.
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  On September 9th, Musk posted on X stating, artificial
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  intelligence and robots will more than double
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  the global economy in less than 10 years. Global
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  gross domestic product is projected at roughly
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  $126 trillion in 2026. Doubling that means adding
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  another $126 trillion of annual output by the
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  mid -2030s. Musk's requirement represents about
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  2 .5 times the planet's current growth speed,
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  sustained annually with no recession in sight.
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  In crypto movement, Bitcoin is up 1 % over the
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  weekend to about $78 ,000. Ethereum is up 3 %
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  to about $3 ,000. And XRP is up 2 % to $1 .37.
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  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 mornings sent you by. And
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  now, back to the show. Let's talk science. Staff
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  at St. Louis Zoo in St. Louis, Missouri recently
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  opened a very special delivery, an overnight
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  shipment of 500 adult partula snails. Their journey
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  began at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak, Michigan,
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  and it is not quite over yet. The small invertebrate's
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  final destination is Tahiti. where they will
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  be released into the wild as part of an international
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  effort to re -establish wild populations of partula
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  snails. Partula snails are small tree -dwelling
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  creatures native to islands in French Polynesia.
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  This upcoming release is part of a recovery program
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  that has returned over 17 ,000 individual snails
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  to their native environments. And in entertainment
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  news… Indies including Newcomer Runner and Hold
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  Over Buddy napped five of the top ten spots at
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  the domestic box office this weekend. The late
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  summer original horror comedy hit Buddy grossed
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  $3 .5 million in week three, landing at number
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  six on 1 ,719 screens with an estimated $21 .2
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  million cumulative. Angel Studios Runner, starring
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  Alan Richson and Owen Wilson, is number four
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  at $6 .67 million on 2 ,568 screens. The documentary
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  American Doctor topped $400 ,000. Limited release,
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  If I Go Will They Miss Me, opened exclusively
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  at AMC's Century City in Los Angeles to $42 ,250.
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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 author and futurist Alvin Toffler. And
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  he said, the illiterate of the 21st century will
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  not be those who cannot read and write, but those
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  who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn. 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.