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Speaker 1: This is WBZY, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 3: Hello Friday, Get in here, you little devil. Let's hug

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Speaker 3: this out. Welcome aboard matinly clear skies. As we get

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Speaker 3: started this morning, it is cold, but the wind is

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Speaker 3: not as biting as it has been twenty two degrees

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Speaker 3: here in Boston. The News at six has brought to

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Speaker 3: us by your new England Toyota Dealer, your hybrid all

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Speaker 3: wheel drive headquarters. Thanks for being here today. I'm Jeff Brown,

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Speaker 3: and yes we're gonna save the best for last. After

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Speaker 3: a cold start, mostly sunny today and brisk with the

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Speaker 3: high of thirty nine. That is WBZ ACI weather meteorologist

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Speaker 3: Joe Lundberg. Not as windy either. Looks like a decent

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Speaker 3: holiday weekend coming up too. And might I remind you

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Speaker 3: that the first day of Spring is five weeks from today.

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Speaker 3: The Super Bowl fantasy is now over, and for this Patriot,

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Speaker 3: it's back to reality today.

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Speaker 2: Patriots winde receiver Stefan Diggs has an arraignment scheduled at

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Speaker 2: day Adam dist Record on charges of felony strangulation or

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Speaker 2: suffocation and misdemeanor assault and battery from an alleged incident

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Speaker 2: back in December involving his personal chef. She alleged that

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Speaker 2: Digs owed her money for services at his home and

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Speaker 2: that Digs allegedly struck and choked her during the encounter.

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Speaker 2: Upon the incident being reported, the Patriots stood behind Diggs

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Speaker 2: publicly and put out a statement saying they were aware

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Speaker 2: of the accusations and quote we support Stefaud. Jim McKay

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Speaker 2: wb Z, Boston's News Radio.

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Speaker 3: Okay, so this is the time of year that it

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Speaker 3: seems to move a little bit faster. Of course, spring

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Speaker 3: is five weeks away and Red Sox opening day is

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Speaker 3: still about six weeks away. But pitchers and catchers continue

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Speaker 3: to work out at Fort Myers, Florida, with the first

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Speaker 3: full squad workout coming up this weekend. Also, NBA All

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Speaker 3: Star Festivities get underway tonight in Los Angeles, featuring the

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Speaker 3: league's rising stars. The Celtics. Ron Harper Junior is one

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Speaker 3: of them. Romance hits a dead end this morning.

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Speaker 1: This is an announcement. We thought we'd never.

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Speaker 3: Make Barbie and Ken break up on this date twenty

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Speaker 3: two years ago, after more than forty years together.

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Speaker 4: I will confirm that Ken and Barbie are going to

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Speaker 4: go their separate ways.

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Speaker 3: The couple's publicist breaks the news in two thousand and

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Speaker 3: four when Barbie said something about not wanting to spend

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Speaker 3: Valentine's Day with Ken under false pretenses.

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Speaker 1: A part.

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Speaker 3: They were apart for seven years until both realized they

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Speaker 3: could live without the other. Oh yeah, and together they

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Speaker 3: start in movies highest grossing film of twenty twenty three,

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Speaker 3: in which Barbie took all the credit and took home

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Speaker 3: the best picture Oscar as well.

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Speaker 1: He's just oh man, Joe is coming over her house.

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Speaker 1: Something was going on.

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Speaker 3: Tomorrow is Valentine's Day, so there's still time for you

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Speaker 3: to stay out of the doghouse. Wbz's Drew maul Hollands.

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Speaker 3: I don't know whether that's going to be possible for me.

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Speaker 2: The Barbie is a tough act to follow.

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Speaker 1: But love, love, love, It's all you need. And cheers

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Speaker 1: to love.

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Speaker 4: You know what?

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Speaker 1: I think the most important thing in life is.

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Speaker 3: It's love.

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Speaker 1: You want to know what I love?

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Speaker 3: There nor quickly? We all have different swords of loves,

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Speaker 3: right and Jeffrey, can I tell you that I have

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Speaker 3: received my first Valentine's Day gift?

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 3: Yes, there it is from Lori.

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Speaker 2: In the traffic, the Barns went with the old school chocolates,

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Speaker 2: which I think is still the most popular gift in

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Speaker 2: That is a.

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Speaker 3: Direct shot to my heart there. It is right the

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Speaker 3: cold out the door this morning, and despite that, this

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Speaker 3: is going to be the pick of the week. Really,

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Speaker 3: this weekend is going to be in pretty decent shape.

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Speaker 3: If you have dinner plan. I'm not sure you want

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Speaker 3: to do any outdoor dining, but you get the idea.

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Speaker 3: We've turned a corner here. Temperatures are going to be

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Speaker 3: right around forty today, There's going to be less wind

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Speaker 3: and plenty of sunshine too, So this would be the

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Speaker 3: pick of the week and my humble opinion. But tomorrow

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Speaker 3: is not all that bad either. We're seeing more partly

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Speaker 3: to mostly sunny skies and a high around forty as well.

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Speaker 3: Sunday features more clouds than sun. Are still watching this

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Speaker 3: storm system that right now all indications seem that it

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Speaker 3: is going to stay far south of us, but there

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Speaker 3: might be a slight chance to get a couple of

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Speaker 3: floorries out of it as we head into the holiday

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Speaker 3: on Monday morning, But otherwise we're headed in the right

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Speaker 3: direction as temperatures are going to be above the freezing market,

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Speaker 3: in some cases above average, as we continue to chart

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Speaker 3: our own course here and what has become the coldest

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Speaker 3: February in many years here in Boston. Right now it

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Speaker 3: is twenty two degrees and clear skies six oh six

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Speaker 3: on this Friday morning. At home or on the job,

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Speaker 3: where you work matters.

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Speaker 4: They prefer to work in the traditional sense, in house

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Speaker 4: versus at home.

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Speaker 1: I much rather work in office. I'd rather be at work. Well,

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Speaker 1: she'd rather the creatures of comfort. I would rather work

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Speaker 1: from home. Why is it that you'd rather work from home.

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Speaker 2: Just being in my own setting and not having to

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Speaker 2: deal with proper people?

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Speaker 4: But what if you could make twice as much if

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Speaker 4: you went to the office. That's the basis of a

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Speaker 4: new online poll that asks which is more important to

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Speaker 4: the workforce the environment you know and are comfortable within,

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Speaker 4: versus twice the cash.

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Speaker 2: I'd rather be on my own and keep to myself

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Speaker 2: and be able to do my job correctly.

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Speaker 1: And the money doesn't matter. No, take deest meekesh. I

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Speaker 1: have five kids, so I need that money. Chris Farmer, WVZ,

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Speaker 1: Boston's news radio.

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Speaker 3: They've apparently known about this for months, but city officials

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Speaker 3: in Peabody are just now coming clean about a hack

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Speaker 3: attack on the city's computer network, which occurred last summer.

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Speaker 3: Experts say the FBI was contacted immediately and the threat

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Speaker 3: was stopped less than twenty four hours later. Letters from

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Speaker 3: the city are now out warning of a possible compromise

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Speaker 3: and if your information is part of it, you'll be

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Speaker 3: notified again and in some cases will be given free

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Speaker 3: identity protection. Retired astronauts Sunny Williams wants to run a

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Speaker 3: marathon on solid ground. She has entered the field for

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Speaker 3: this Springs one hundred and thirtieth running of the Boston Marathon.

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Speaker 3: The sixty year old Williams from Needham holds the record

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Speaker 3: as the only person to run a marathon while stuck

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Speaker 3: for months on board the International Space Station last year,

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Speaker 3: and holds the female astronaut record for longest spacewalk. Williams

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Speaker 3: spent twenty seven years with NASA and retired at the

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Speaker 3: end of last year. The Boston Athletic Association says she

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Speaker 3: will be honored with the Patriots Award at this year's

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Speaker 3: race on Patriots Day, April twentieth. Meantime, SpaceX has launched

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Speaker 3: officially from the Cape Canaveral launchpad this morning, taking four

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Speaker 3: astronauts back to the International Space Station this morning. You

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Speaker 3: are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day.

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Speaker 3: Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio