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Federal Shutdown, Red Sox vs Yankees, Bitcoin Surge, Taylor Swift · 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, October 2nd. You'll be interested
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  to know. 189 years ago, today in 1836, the naturalist
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  Charles Darwin returned to England after a five
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  -year voyage aboard the ship Beagle. carrying
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  specimens and observations that would inspire
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  his theory of evolution by natural selection,
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  a milestone in biological science and human understanding
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  of life. So now you know. And now, it's time
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  for the weather report. This morning, it's sunny
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  and it feels like 44 degrees with 8 mile per
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  hour wind. The sunset will take place at 620.
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  and it will rise again tomorrow at 643. It looks
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  like we're in for a sunny Thursday with a high
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  near 62 and a light northeast breeze at 7 to
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  10 miles per hour. Tonight, expect mostly clear
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  skies with a low around 46 and light winds. For
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  all you beach runners out there, the first high
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  tide Thursday will be at 745 with the low tide
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  at 145. The nearshore buoy at Cape Cod Bay reads
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  61 degrees for the water temperature. Looking
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  ahead in the weather, Friday will be sunny with
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  a high near 72 and a light southwest breeze around
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  5 to 8 miles per hour. Temperatures warm to near
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  78 on Saturday and around 80 on Sunday and Monday,
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  with nights ranging from the low 50s Friday night
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  to about 61 by Monday night, and generally light
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  southwest winds. Bonjour, food enthusiasts. This
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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, Arthur
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  T. Dinmulas, the former CEO of Market Basket,
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  is fighting to reclaim his position by appealing
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  to a Delaware court after being fired last month.
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  following a failed mediation session with the
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  company's board of directors. In a counterclaim,
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  Demelis challenges the allegations made by the
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  board, which he describes as a sham investigation,
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  arguing that the board acted on behalf of his
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  three sisters, who control 60 % of the company.
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  The board has stated that a trial is set for
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  December in Delaware, asserting that they have
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  acted with respect for Demelis's accomplishments.
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  but emphasizing that a CEO must be accountable
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  to the board. Now onto sports. The Big Ten is
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  in discussions about a private capital deal that
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  would infuse at least $2 billion into the league
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  and its schools, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.
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  The discussions include a 10 -year extension
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  of the league's grant of rights until 2046. ensuring
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  long -term stability. The private capital deal
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  and grant of rights extension have been discussed
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  for months, presenting a distinct blow to outside
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  entities attempting to form super leagues. A
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  decision on the private capital deal is expected
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  soon, with three entities under consideration.
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  The setup being discussed is the formation of
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  a new commercial entity, Big Ten Enterprises,
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  to house all revenue generation. And tonight
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  on Thursday Night Football, the 3 -1 49ers are
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  at the 3 -1 Rams. Kickoff is at 8 .15 p .m. on
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  Amazon Prime Video. Los Angeles is favored by
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  8 .5, and the over -under is 45 .5 in local sports.
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  Last night in the Bronx, the Sox lost to the
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  Yankees 4 -3. Rice homered for New York in the
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  first, Story and Raffaella scored in the third,
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  and Story added a homer in the sixth for Boston.
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  Wells had the go -ahead RBI single in the eighth
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  for the Yankees. The win went to Williams, the
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  loss to Whitlock, and the save to Bednar. The
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  Sox finished with six hits and zero errors. Tonight,
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  it's do or die in New York. Starting pitcher
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  for the Sox is Connelly Early, who is 1 -2 with
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  a 2 .33 earned run average. He faces the Yankees
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  Cam Schlittler, who is 4 -3 with a 2 .96. First
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  pitch is scheduled for 6 -0 -8, with a temperature
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  around 61 degrees. In top news, many services
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  ground to a halt as the federal government shuts
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  down. Much of the federal government is now shut
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  down after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate
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  failed to agree on a funding plan. A Senate vote
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  to reopen the government failed on Wednesday,
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  as many federal agencies ceased operations. The
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  Republican -controlled House passed a bill to
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  fund the government through November 21st, but
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  Senate Democrats refused to support it. Critical
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  services like Social Security and Medicare will
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  continue. but to laser -expected. They thought
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  750 ,000 federal employees may be furloughed
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  daily. President Trump hinted at possible mass
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  firings of federal workers. In business news,
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  for United States business schools, local challenges
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  could bring global solutions. Stanford University
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  holds onto the top spot among full -time Master
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  of Business Administration programs in the United
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  States. Overall, shifts are underway globally
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  that could result in long -term, fundamental
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  changes. Students again weigh career prospects
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  as a top -interest post -degree. Consulting,
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  technology, and finance account for the largest
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  share of new jobs within three months of graduation.
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  All this poses an intriguing question. Is the
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  future of business education starting to move
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  abroad, even if slowly? The complete list of
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  schools and detailed methodology are available
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  at Bloomberg .com business schools. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is up 4 % to just under $119
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  ,000. Ethereum is up 5 % to just under $4 ,400.
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  And XRP is up 4 % to $2 .96. 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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  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. Start up anything.
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  has achieved a remarkable valuation of $100 million
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  after reaching $2 million in annual recurring
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  revenue in just two weeks. ViCoding, which utilizes
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  artificial intelligence -powered coding tools
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  to create apps and websites through natural language
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  prompts, is rapidly gaining popularity. Co -founders
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  Drava Min and Marcus Lo aim to assist non -technical
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  users in developing complete applications. Amund
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  stated that users have already created fully
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  functional apps, such as a habit tracker and
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  a hairstyle try -on app. Despite intense competition,
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  experts believe there is substantial demand for
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  diverse app -building products. And in entertainment
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  news... Taylor Swift is set to dominate the box
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  office once again with the official release party
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  of A Showgirl, which is projected to debut between
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  $35 million and $40 million this weekend. This
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  significant ticket sales estimate comes just
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  two weeks after the film's announcement, with
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  little promotion beyond Swift's social media.
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  The event coincides with her 12th studio album.
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  The Life of a Showgirl, releasing on October
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  3rd. In competition, Dwayne The Rock Johnson's
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  The Smashing Machine aims for $8 million to $15
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  million, while Leonardo DiCaprio's One Battle
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  After Another targets $10 million to $11 million.
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  Meanwhile, Disney's re -release of Avatar, The
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  Way of Water, seeks $3 million to $4 million
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  from over 2 ,000 theaters. Well, all righty,
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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 writer
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  and philosopher Henry Adams. And he said, chaos
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  often breeds life when order breeds habit. And
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  that's a wrap for this morning. You can check
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  out our Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok for some
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  captivating aerial videos with local news and
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  the weather reports. Have an amazing day, my
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  good friends. We'll see you tomorrow with another
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  episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.