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Speaker 1: This is WBZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news.

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Speaker 2: Good morning, it is six o'clock on this Wednesday morning,

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Speaker 2: and the snow is moved out of the area. We're

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Speaker 2: left with cleanup this morning, and we're getting started under

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Speaker 2: mostly cloudy skies. It is thirty two degrees here in

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Speaker 2: this city. The News at six brought to us by

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Speaker 2: your New England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for being here today. I'm Jeff Brown, and I

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Speaker 2: can see clearly now the snow is gone in the

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Speaker 2: Lake of some snow overnight.

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Speaker 1: Will be some slick spots this morning. Otherwise we'll see

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Speaker 1: clouds and sun today with highs nearing forty.

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Speaker 2: That is WBZ ACU weather meteorologist Joe Lundberg, first time

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Speaker 2: in twenty days, will hit forty degrees. Your most reliable

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Speaker 2: news source for severe weather coverage, based at WBZ Storm

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Speaker 2: CENTERIC sponsored by Commonwealth Voters, McFarland Energy, Mario's Roofing, and

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Speaker 2: Pellow Windows and Doors of New England. Widespread two to

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Speaker 2: four inches of snow in Massachusetts, slightly more or in

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Speaker 2: southern New Hampshire, and that's why several school delays and

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Speaker 2: even some cancelations are on the board. This morning, wbz's

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Speaker 2: drewm o'holland joins us Now House to drive in.

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Speaker 3: Coming in from the north Shore. You knowed, you got

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Speaker 3: to take your time, Laurie, You know this, that's the key, right.

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Speaker 1: I got behind a big line of plows.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, conga line an.

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Speaker 3: That's always fun. So yeah, take your time in.

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Speaker 2: You'll be all right.

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Speaker 3: But over at Logan a dozen delays to start this

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Speaker 3: about four. Yeah, we're looking at four cancelations right now

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Speaker 3: on the big board on the blue line for the tee.

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Speaker 3: We have some non weather related issues. The NBTA investigating

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Speaker 3: reports of smoke near the Suffolk Downstop as we speak.

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Speaker 2: Great. Yeah, yeah, well, I'll tell you what. As as

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Speaker 2: far as winter storms go, this is nothing. Although I

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Speaker 2: will also tell you that the plows in my neighborhood

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Speaker 2: left two giant mountains right behind my car. Yes, I

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Speaker 2: don't know what that's about, but I was not happy

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Speaker 2: about it.

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Speaker 3: That annoys you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you very much. Also knew this morning all

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Speaker 2: flights to and from al Paso International Airport in Texas

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Speaker 2: have been cam the FAA for the next ten days.

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Speaker 2: The agency says this is due to special security reasons,

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Speaker 2: but won't elaborate on that drastic decision now. This includes

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Speaker 2: commercial cargo and general aviation flights at the airfield that

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Speaker 2: sits on the southern border with Mexico. The current status

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Speaker 2: is expected to lift early on the morning of February twenty.

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Speaker 2: First Celtics are back in business tonight. They host the

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Speaker 2: Bulls at the Garden in their last game before this

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Speaker 2: weekend's NBA All Star Game in La and the Gangs

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Speaker 2: all here Red Sotox pitchers and catchers resume workouts in

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Speaker 2: Fort Myers, Florida.

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Speaker 4: I feel like we have a more complete team and

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Speaker 4: last year see how the pieces fit Overall, a lot

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Speaker 4: of talent.

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Speaker 2: Manager Alex Corra seems to be ready to go by

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Speaker 2: the way Sonny in seventy five again in Fort Myers today.

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Speaker 2: Person of interest in the Nancy Guthrie missing person's case

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Speaker 2: has been questioned and now released by officials in Tucson, Arizona.

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Speaker 2: Official say the man was detained for questioning following a

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Speaker 2: traffic stop in hours after local authorities released chilling video

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Speaker 2: of a masked man trying to disable the doorbell camera

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Speaker 2: outside the Guthrie home. Officials also conducted a court approved

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Speaker 2: search of a home in Rio Rico, which is just

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Speaker 2: outside Tucson. During the person's detainment, the man says, I

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Speaker 2: hope they catch the suspect, because I'm not him. Artificial

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Speaker 2: intelligence at work is like the sandloss is chilling me. Small. Sure,

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Speaker 2: AI makes us more productive, but here's the thing. If

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Speaker 2: we're productive, bosses will come to expect that, So in

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Speaker 2: the long run, your job might be killing me. Smalls

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Speaker 2: with burnout. It is already thirty two degrees here in Boston,

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Speaker 2: so here we are a day after the most recent snowstorm, which,

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Speaker 2: by the way, even though it's light and fluffy, the

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Speaker 2: consistency is a little bit heavier than we've been accustomed

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Speaker 2: to this winter. Because it's a little bit warmer out

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Speaker 2: and temperatures today will approach forty degrees, We're actually going

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Speaker 2: to see some sunshine before this day is done, and

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Speaker 2: probably plenty of it too, so maybe some much needed melting,

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Speaker 2: even from the previous storms will take place over the

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Speaker 2: next day or so. It's going to be breezy though

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Speaker 2: throughout the day today, partly the mostly cloudy back in

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Speaker 2: the twenties overnight tonight and for the next couple of

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Speaker 2: days as we round out this work week and head

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Speaker 2: towards a holiday weekend, temps will be in the mid

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Speaker 2: to upper thirties. Right now in Boston, it's thirty two.

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Speaker 2: The snow is ended. End now it's cleanup time six

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Speaker 2: oh six on this Wednesday morning. With all this snow,

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Speaker 2: keep in mind that the beach is still calling.

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Speaker 4: DCR is hiring lifeguards for the summer season with good

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Speaker 4: pay and decent bonus money. Hourly wages started twenty two

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Speaker 4: dollars with a thousand dollars signing bonus to staff area beaches,

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Speaker 4: pools and other watering holes at nearly three dozen of

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Speaker 4: them across the Commonwealth. Eligible applicants must be at least

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Speaker 4: sixteen in carry lifeguard credentials. Jay will Let WBZ, Boston's

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Speaker 4: news radio. Tragedy in Canada.

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Speaker 2: Ten people are dead more than two dozen wounded following

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Speaker 2: a school shooting in the Canadian Rockies. Official say gunfire

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Speaker 2: hit a high school and Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. This

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Speaker 2: is a remote community. Among the dead, the shooter, who

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Speaker 2: police says a woman and died from a self inflicted

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Speaker 2: gunshot wound apparently found inside that high school. The gunfire

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Speaker 2: extended to a home not far from the school, where

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Speaker 2: two victims were located. Officials say they have no motive

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Speaker 2: for the violence. The identity and the age of the

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Speaker 2: shooter have not yet been released. Slowly but surely, students

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Speaker 2: flooded out of their dorm rooms at UMass Boston are

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Speaker 2: being allowed back in, while.

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Speaker 1: Hundreds of students living in the East Residence Hall remain displaced.

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Speaker 1: The building is being reopened in phases, beginning with the

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Speaker 1: dining commons. Monday night, a sprinkler pipe burst on the

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Speaker 1: tenth floor because of the extreme cold that forced hundreds

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Speaker 1: of students living here to pack up what they could

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Speaker 1: and head out, some to other friends' homes or to

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Speaker 1: even hotels. No word when they'll be able to get

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Speaker 1: back inside their dorm rooms, but at the very least

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Speaker 1: they will be able to get a hot meal on

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Speaker 1: campus at UMass Boston. James Rojas w b Z Boston's

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