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Speaker 1: This is w b Z, Boston's news radio, redefining local news.

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Speaker 2: Good afternoon, we have thirty three degrees mostly Clowney Sky's

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Speaker 2: in Boston at four o'clock. Hello, I'm Sherry Small. As always,

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Speaker 2: thanks for tuning in. Here's what's happening in news Today

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Speaker 2: is Martin Luther King Junior Day, and celebrations of the

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Speaker 2: civil rights leader are underway across the country. In Quinsy

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Speaker 2: observers have a message of unity while the nation remains divided.

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Speaker 1: He wasn't confrontational, He didn't have picked signs. He didn't

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Speaker 1: Marshall Posse's to go out and puttest and confront.

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Speaker 3: The late doctor Martin Luther King Junior, remembered on his

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Speaker 3: birthday by Brigadier General Edic Woody Woodhouse, the ninety nine

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Speaker 3: year old retired Army airman and member of the famous

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Speaker 3: all Black Tusky Gear.

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Speaker 1: He said and did to right thee He appealed to

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Speaker 1: the goodness of America.

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Speaker 3: Something what House says he wishes President Donald Trump would

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Speaker 3: focus on.

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Speaker 1: We have a president. You don't know what he's going

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Speaker 1: to do, because are the facts, So we are of

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Speaker 1: us collectively do the right thing.

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Speaker 4: That's the only way.

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Speaker 3: The right thing. What House says is to focus on

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Speaker 3: what unites us rather than what divides us. Mike Macklin

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Speaker 3: w b Z Boxton's News Radio deeply say.

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Speaker 2: A pedestrian was killed this morning in lynd during a

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Speaker 2: crash that involved a tractor trailer. This happening at the

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Speaker 2: intersection of Lynnway and Commercial Street shortly after six am.

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Speaker 2: The person killed has not been publicly identified. The investigation

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Speaker 2: is ongoing. The New England Patriot snag a twenty eight

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Speaker 2: to sixteen win over the Houston Texas Texans in the

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Speaker 2: AFC Divisional Playoffs. Now it's off to Ski Khunte and

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Speaker 2: the AFC Championship game against the Broncos.

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Speaker 5: Go Pats, Pats.

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Speaker 3: Yes, More and more you start to see the I

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Speaker 3: love Drake May sweatshirts around Boston and his three throwing

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Speaker 3: touchdowns against the Texans is ample evidence of why.

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Speaker 6: I thought it was just insane. I thought that Houston

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Speaker 6: defense was really good. But at the end Drake May

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Speaker 6: that touchdown of Booty one hand and grabbing.

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Speaker 1: The cot for the touchdown.

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Speaker 7: Kase Shan Booty wow horn of the end zone.

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Speaker 6: Nothing more he can really ask for the man.

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Speaker 2: The call from ESPN.

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Speaker 5: Patriots fans are buzzing at the thought of an AFC

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Speaker 5: championship over the Denver Broncos next Sunday.

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Speaker 4: Guys, a limit for the team. Hopefully, hopefully we can

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Speaker 4: go another six in a row.

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Speaker 6: I'm looking forward to Denver, but I'm just I'm just

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Speaker 6: a little too worried about getting too comfortable.

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Speaker 4: Jay will Let WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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Speaker 2: Celtic star Jalen Brown has been named one of the

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Speaker 2: starters for the Eastern Conference in this season's NBA All

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Speaker 2: Star Game. This is Brown's fifth career All Star selection

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Speaker 2: in the first time that he will start the game.

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Speaker 2: Joining him in the East starting lineup are New York's

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Speaker 2: Jalen Brunson towards Kate Cunningham, Philadelphia's Tyrese Maxi, and Milwaukee's

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Speaker 2: Yannis and Teta Kumpa. The NBA All Star Game is

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Speaker 2: schedule for February fifteenth. The four d A WBZ at

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Speaker 2: you weather forecas meteorologist Brian Thompson telling us it's going

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Speaker 2: to turn colder, with clearing skies tonight, down to nineteen

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Speaker 2: in the city, real field tamps in Boston dropping toward

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Speaker 2: the zero mark tomorrow a cold day. We're not going

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Speaker 2: to see any of this snow, but it's going to

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Speaker 2: be blustery and cold, with a high of just twenty

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Speaker 2: five real field sticking in the single digits to low teens.

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Speaker 2: Wednesday is when we start to see a bit of

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Speaker 2: a warm up. It's going to be short lived, but

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Speaker 2: we'll take it. Sunshine followed by clouds. Breezy, but in

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Speaker 2: the afternoon we'll see a high of thirty two. Thursdays

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Speaker 2: high up to forty two with a mix of sun

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Speaker 2: and clouds. It's thirty three in Boston right now, mostly

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Speaker 2: cloudy skies. At four to five. Back to news, Boston's

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Speaker 2: tall Ship has been trans formed into a winter wonderland.

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Speaker 2: Here's WBC's Emm Freedman with that.

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Speaker 8: Well, the view of Boston Harbor. The ice gates are

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Speaker 8: on and the ice bumper cars are bumping.

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Speaker 7: All right, it's our opening weekend here over at the

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Speaker 7: rink at the tall Ship in East Boston.

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Speaker 8: Salvascarino, the president of Navy Yard Hospitality and the tall

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Speaker 8: Ship Boston, is giving me the lowdown.

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Speaker 7: It is an ongoing, exciting project, fir us, So this

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Speaker 7: is kind of a soft open from MLK weekend until

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Speaker 7: February our grand opening, so we wanted to get the

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Speaker 7: rink open for everybody to enjoy.

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Speaker 8: Tall Ship is a popular spot to grab a drink

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Speaker 8: and hang out in the summer, but he wanted to

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Speaker 8: keep the party going when the weather gets cold too, And.

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Speaker 7: We're going to keep adding different elements, different amenities, some

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Speaker 7: heating areas where people can warm up and have drinks

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Speaker 7: and beverages and food, as well as we're bringing a

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Speaker 7: big led screen here people can watch sporting games.

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Speaker 8: It's like a holiday village when you walk in, with

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Speaker 8: lots of food options, chalet style lounges and igglooes to enjoy.

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Speaker 8: In Eastdma Friedman WBZ Boston's.

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Speaker 2: News radio, accusations made by a former employee of the

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Speaker 2: town of Brookline are being challenged. We get that from

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Speaker 2: wbz's Charlie burgerm.

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Speaker 4: Former Brookline School finance director Diane Johnson filed the lawsuit

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Speaker 4: against the town and the school department back in November,

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Speaker 4: claiming she was fired this past September for insubordination because

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Speaker 4: she refused to falsify information into a report being presented

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Speaker 4: to the school committee's financial council. This past week, The

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Speaker 4: Globe reports the town and the school district filed a

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Speaker 4: response in Norfolk Superior Court requesting the lawsuit be dismissed.

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Speaker 4: Johnson worked for the school district from November of twenty

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Speaker 4: twenty three until September of twenty twenty five. Deputy Superintendent

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Speaker 4: of Student Services Liza O'Connell resigned in March of this

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Speaker 4: past year, citing financial mismanagement. Superintendent Linus Gilliery Junior announced

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Speaker 4: his resignation in April. This past year of the town

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Speaker 4: also uncovered an eight million dollar budget shortfall. Charlie Berger

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Speaker 4: on w Z Boston's news.

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Speaker 2: Radio, Manchester, father convicted of murdering his daughter faces a

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Speaker 2: few fifteen million dollar lawsuit. The mother of Harmony Montgomery

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Speaker 2: is filing a wrongful death claim against Adam Montgomery, who

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Speaker 2: was found guilty of killing the five year old and

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Speaker 2: hiding her remains, which still have not been found. Montgomery

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Speaker 2: is currently serving a sentence of fifty six years to

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Speaker 2: life in a Virginia prison. Harmony's mother has already settled

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Speaker 2: a lawsuit against the New Hampshire Division of Children, Youth

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Speaker 2: and Families. Famed Italian designer Valentino has died.

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Speaker 5: The Valentino Foundation announced the death of Italy's iconic designer

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Speaker 5: at the age of ninety three at his home in Rome.

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Speaker 5: In a statement, the Foundation said that Valentino Garavani was

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Speaker 5: not only a constant guide and inspiration for all of us,

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Speaker 5: but a true source of light, creativity and vision. His

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Speaker 5: funeral will be held at a famous church in central

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Speaker 5: Rome after his body lies in state at the Valentino

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Speaker 5: Foundation for two days. Sabina Castelfrancos, CBS News Row.

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