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

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Speaker 2: We defining local news.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, It's Friday, finally here in Boston. And get

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Speaker 1: in here, you little devil. Let's hug you this out.

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Speaker 1: You've been away for too long, and here we go

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Speaker 1: under clear skies on this Friday morning. It is a

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Speaker 1: chilly forty seven degrees and still a bit breezy. The

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Speaker 1: news at six ron to us buy your new England

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Speaker 1: Toyota dealer, your hybrid all wheel drive headquarters. Come on in.

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Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Brown. Gonna be a beautiful weekend, and just

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Speaker 1: in time too, because the sixtieth head of the Charles

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Speaker 1: Regatta is about to get underway.

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Speaker 2: Around four hundred thousand spectators are expected to cheer on

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Speaker 2: the roughly twelve thousand rowers during this three day events.

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Speaker 2: This year's regatta comes six decades after the inaugural races

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Speaker 2: back in nineteen sixty five. This year, spectators will not

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Speaker 2: only be able to watch rowers from a number of

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Speaker 2: bridges and locations, but also on an inboat camera livestream,

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Speaker 2: giving viewers the sights and sounds of what it's like

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Speaker 2: to be racing three miles upstream. An updated Regatta app

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Speaker 2: will also les spectators track boats on the water along

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Speaker 2: to Charles James Rojas WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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Speaker 1: Ruins do put up a fight, but they come up

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Speaker 1: short in a loss in Vegas in the start of

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Speaker 1: a Western swing. The Bees will head to Colorado tomorrow night.

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Speaker 1: Dodgers are one win away from a return to the

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Speaker 1: World Series. Game four against the Brewers tonight, and the

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Speaker 1: Blue Jays even up the Mariners in the Alcs. Patriots

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Speaker 1: are getting ready for the Titans on Sunday, and keep

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Speaker 1: this in mind, Tennessee is so bad this year. Last week,

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Speaker 1: the Nashville Fox affiliate chose to show the Dallas Cowboys

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Speaker 1: game instead. It's day seventeen of the government shutdown at

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Speaker 1: its Crickets hit Washington. Senators hit the road for the

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Speaker 1: weekend after failing to pass a Republican driven measure to

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Speaker 1: end the stoppage for a tenth time. Even President Trump

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Speaker 1: will get away to his Palm Beach, Florida retreat this weekend,

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Speaker 1: but not before he's expect to release a list of

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Speaker 1: democratic programs and policies right for the picking and destined

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Speaker 1: to be cut during this shutdown. Meantime, the President makes

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Speaker 1: another run at The New York Times. His lawyers renew

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Speaker 1: a fifteen billion dollar defamation case against the paper and

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Speaker 1: its reporters for trying to damage his reputation as a

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Speaker 1: businessman and derail his presidential campaign last year. The case

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Speaker 1: had been previously dismissed for being overly onerous and too lengthy.

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Speaker 1: In nature, We'll blame a killer insect for ruining your

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Speaker 1: dinner date. Spotted lantern flies are drinking your wine. Ws true.

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Speaker 1: Holland is here. I don't think we can make this up, though,

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Speaker 1: drew a.

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Speaker 3: Lot of You don't need help ruining the dinner date. Okay.

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Speaker 3: They've been spotted in vineyards, apparently having acquired a taste

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Speaker 3: for the grapevines man the lanternfly, the spotted lantern fly amazing.

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Speaker 3: The insect is native to Asia, first reported in the

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Speaker 3: US about a decade ago, and has been rapidly expanding

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Speaker 3: its territory or laying waste to trees and gardens along

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Speaker 3: the way. If you see something, say something, they want

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Speaker 3: you to tell the experts. If you see them out there,

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Speaker 3: because they need to take care of the problem. And

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Speaker 3: you know you don't want your dinner date rumin.

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Speaker 1: And I think experts would tell you that you should

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Speaker 1: probably take care of the problem as well if you

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Speaker 1: come across a spotted lantern fly. Yes, it looks like

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Speaker 1: another beautiful morning in progress here in Boston. We've got

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Speaker 1: forty seven degrees and still a bit breezy, and because

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Speaker 1: of that breeze, it feels like we're in the upper

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Speaker 1: thirties today. So if get temperatures mainly in the forties today,

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Speaker 1: there are a couple of spots that are showing and

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Speaker 1: waking up in the thirties this morning. But it's going

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Speaker 1: to be a nice day. Slightly warmer than yesterday too,

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Speaker 1: and decreasing diminishing winds along the way as well. Highs

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Speaker 1: will be in the lower sixties this afternoon, clear and

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Speaker 1: continued cool overnight. Tonight Lowe's back in the forties. Tomorrow

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Speaker 1: is a beautiful day again, high temperatures in the middle sixties.

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Speaker 1: We could approach seventy degrees on Sunday to help us

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Speaker 1: wrap up the weekend, but watch out on Monday. That's

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Speaker 1: our next best chance of seeing some shower moving into

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Speaker 1: the area. Right now, forty seven and mainly clear skies.

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Speaker 1: A Massachusetts teenager faces charges this morning after an attack

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Speaker 1: on a school employee in Swansea turns deadly. Officials at

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Speaker 1: meadow Ridge Academy, a boarding school for students with behavioral issues,

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Speaker 1: say a fourteen year old girl who tried to leave

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Speaker 1: her dorm room without permission attacked fifty three year old

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Speaker 1: Amy Morrell while a group of supervisors tried to restrain

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Speaker 1: the teen, and then she allegedly kicked her in the chest,

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Speaker 1: and despite attempts at CPR, Morell was pronounced dead A

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Speaker 1: short time later. The teenager arraigned in Fall River Juvenile Court.

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Speaker 1: While an investigation continues, State officials are breathing new life

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Speaker 1: into a year long problem with a possible solution to

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Speaker 1: the absence of the MCAST exam as a requirement for

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Speaker 1: high school graduation. An educational panel will discuss a draft

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Speaker 1: recommendation today that would call for end of course exams

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Speaker 1: as a replacement to the standardized test rejected by Massachusetts

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Speaker 1: voters just a year ago. Supporters say this is designed

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Speaker 1: and ministered and scored by the schools. Critics say the

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Speaker 1: replacements would only create another high stress and high stakes test. Well,

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Speaker 1: time's up for former Boston City councilor Tanya Fernandez Anderson.

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Speaker 1: She is expected to report to federal prison today. The

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Speaker 1: forty six year old Fernandez Anderson ultimately pleaded guilty to

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Speaker 1: accepting a bribe from a family member on her payroll

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Speaker 1: in a city hall bathroom. She says she's disgusted and

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Speaker 1: can't forgive herself, but based on her plea deal, she

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Speaker 1: gets one month in prison, three years probation, and will

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Speaker 1: need to pay back some thirteen thousand dollars for the crime.

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Speaker 1: Say again, can Hererier? Your sneakers are too loud?

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Speaker 4: Customers claim An's cloud tech, which stretches with each step,

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Speaker 4: is made with materials that rub together and cause a

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Speaker 4: noisy and embarrassing squeak when they walk, and the class

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Speaker 4: action lawsuit says On has refused to dole out compensation

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Speaker 4: for the trouble, forcing runners to fix it themselves with

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Speaker 4: significant do it yourself modifications. The sneaks are made with

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Speaker 4: hollow hoods on the soul that stretch on impact to

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Speaker 4: make the landing more comfy. The little clouds then lock

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Speaker 4: to form a foundation for push off. No comment from

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Speaker 4: On Deborah Rodriguez CBS New.

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Speaker 1: I'm Jeff Brown, WBZ, Boston's news radio