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Gloucester Scandal, Hawks Triumph, Olympic Funding Boost · 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, January 29th. You'll be interested
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  to know. 140 years ago, today, in 1886, Carl
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  Benz built and patented a practical gas -powered
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  automobile, a three -wheeled carriage driven
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  by a small internal combustion engine. This invention
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  established a new automotive industry by demonstrating
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  that motorized transport could be reliable and
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  scalable, inspiring future engineers and manufacturers.
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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 minus four degrees with six mile per
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  hour wind. The sunset will take place at 454,
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  and it will rise again tomorrow at 656. It looks
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  like we're in for a mostly sunny day with a high
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  near 23, but don't forget about that wind chill,
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  dropping it down to frigid levels around 4 below.
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  Expect a light northwest breeze. Tonight, we
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  will have mostly clear skies, a low around 4,
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  and a west wind kicking up to about 12 miles
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  per hour. making it feel even colder down to
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  10 below. For all you beach runners out there,
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  the first high tide Thursday will be at 715,
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  with the low tide at 2. The nearshore buoy at
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  Cape Cod Bay reads 35 degrees for the water temperature.
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  Looking ahead in the weather. Friday will be
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  sunny with a high near 17. But wind chills down
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  to negative 13 and west winds around 10 to 13
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  miles per hour, gusting to 23. A mostly clear
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  and cold Friday night drops to near zero before
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  Saturday turns sunny with highs near 21. Then
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  clouds increase late Saturday with a chance of
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  snow after 11 p .m. and gusty north winds. Snow
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  is likely Sunday with a high near 26 and brisk
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  north winds gusting to 32. Then colder Monday
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  brings highs near 33, with northwest gusts before
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  a partly cloudy Monday night near 14. Bonjour,
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  food enthusiasts! This podcast is brought to
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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, former Gloucester harbormaster Thomas Giramatero
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  Jr. has been fined more than $15 ,000. for having
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  a city employee complete his coursework while
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  he attended Endicott College. Ciorramotero admitted
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  to violating the state's conflict of interest
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  law, agreeing to pay the civil penalty, and $1
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  ,200 in restitution. From February to October
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  of 2020, he asked the city's shellfish constable
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  to complete over a dozen assignments, which resulted
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  in the constable using more than 20 hours of
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  paid work time. Ciro Amatero received A grades
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  in these courses, raising serious questions about
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  academic integrity and public trust. Now onto
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  sports. At least 11 people reportedly chose not
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  to vote Bill Belichick into the Pro Football
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  Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot.
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  Vy Gregorian, a columnist for the Kansas City
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  Star, explained that his decision had nothing
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  to do with any controversy. He instead voted
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  for players he felt were long deserving of induction.
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  Gregorian emphasized the overwhelming backlog
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  of players who have not been enshrined. He mentioned
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  that three Kansas City Chiefs legends are also
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  not yet in the hall. Gregorian expressed that
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  Belichick is inevitable soon for enshrinement,
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  as he should be. In local sports Nikhil Alexander
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  Walker scored 21 points and Jalen Johnson added
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  19 points and 14 rebounds, leading the Hawks
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  to a 117 -106 victory over the Celtics on Wednesday
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  night. Jalen Brown led Boston with 21 points
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  but struggled from three -point range, missing
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  all five attempts. The Hawks hit 42 .9 % of their
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  three -pointers, and recorded 29 assists on 45
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  baskets. Boston couldn't close the gap, trailing
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  by as many as 21 points and finishing the game
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  with most starters on the bench. Next, the C's
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  will host Sacramento on Friday. In top news,
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  the U .S. government does not fund Olympic athletes,
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  so one man is paying them $200 ,000 each. Financier
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  Ross Stevens is gifting $100 million to provide
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  American Olympians with retirement security.
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  Starting from the Milan Cortina Olympics next
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  month, each U .S. Olympic and Paralympic athlete
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  will receive this amount, regardless of performance.
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  Stevens believes that financial insecurity should
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  not hinder elite athletes from achieving excellence.
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  Other countries like Russia and China have long
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  provided retirement support for their Olympians.
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  But this donation may encourage athletes to remain
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  competitive for longer. In business news, Rad
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  Power Bikes, the brand known for popularizing
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  e -bikes, has faced a rocky few years, marked
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  by severe layoffs and warnings against its batteries,
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  culminating in a bankruptcy filing in December.
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  Recently, the company auctioned off its assets
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  for $13 .2 million, a steep decline from its
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  former valuation of $1 .6 billion. Life Electric
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  Vehicles Holdings won the auction and will receive
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  all RAD inventory and intellectual property,
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  with plans for an exciting future for RAD being
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  discussed. RAD Power Bikes had seen demand spike
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  during the pandemic, but ultimately overproduced.
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  leading to significant financial losses. In crypto
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  movement, Bitcoin is down 1 % to just over $88
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  ,000. Ethereum is down 1 .5 % to $3 ,000. And
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  XRP is down 1 % to $1 .88. 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 now,
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  back to the show. Let's talk science. The stray
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  dogs in Chernobyl are evolving, with their blood
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  potentially solving a genetic mystery, scientists
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  say. For decades after the nuclear disaster,
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  researchers continue to study how animals adapted
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  to harsh radioactive conditions. In 1986, a reactor
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  exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant,
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  contaminating about 58 ,000 square miles. Cleanup
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  workers were tasked with eliminating thousands
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  of contaminated animals, including pet dogs left
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  behind. Today, scientists are investigating genetic
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  changes in free -breeding dogs, which are genetically
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  distinct from surrounding dog populations. Research
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  indicates that genetic differences may not solely
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  result from radiation exposure. And in entertainment
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  news. Ted Lasso, Season 4, is set for a summer
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  release, with Jason Sudeikis returning to AFC
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  Richmond. Apple TV has announced the global debut
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  date, along with new stills and plot details.
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  In this season, Ted faces his biggest challenge
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  yet. coaching a second division women's football
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  team. The synopsis reveals that Ted and the team
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  will learn to take risks they never imagined.
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  New executive producer Jack Burdett joins alongside
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  an impressive cast, including Emmy winners Hannah
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  Waddingham and Brett Goldstein. The series has
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  broken records, becoming the most Emmy -nominated
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  comedy series upon its debut. 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 inventor
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  and entrepreneur Henry Ford. And he said, 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. We'll see you tomorrow with
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  another episode of Sunny Mornings in Boston.