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

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Speaker 2: We defining local.

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Speaker 3: News, Greetings and salutations, though not necessarily in that order.

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Speaker 3: This morning you're raking up under partly cloudy skies here

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Speaker 3: in Boston. It is forty eight degrees. Thank you for

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Speaker 3: joining us this Wednesday live on the radio or on

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Speaker 3: the iHeartRadio app we WBZ News. I'm Jeff Brown, and

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Speaker 3: let's get this party started.

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Speaker 2: Mostly cloudy today with a shower two by sixty seven

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Speaker 2: in Boston, with seventy four for some inland suburb.

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Speaker 3: That is WBZ achiweather meteorologist Joe Lundberg. This is the

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Speaker 3: warmest day of the week. It's going to be followed

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Speaker 3: tomorrow by the coldest. It is April first, and that's

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Speaker 3: no joke. Every day feels like April Fool's Day, he says,

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Speaker 3: and he's expecting a prank or two to come his way.

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Speaker 4: On the job site, I'm showing people do something hija

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Speaker 4: lunch part something.

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Speaker 2: Good, yokere bad, and there have been some very bad

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Speaker 2: ones historically.

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Speaker 5: I can't stand it, but these.

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Speaker 2: Do's too cool with it as long as the hoax

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Speaker 2: is good natured. Yeah, it makes the day go by

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Speaker 2: on good fun. Yeah, you know some jokes are pretty

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Speaker 2: obvious with just flat out.

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Speaker 5: Flawn right, list are trying to have some fun with

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Speaker 5: Chris Mama, WBZ, Boston's news radio.

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Speaker 3: President Trump will address the nation in primetime tonight to

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Speaker 3: provide an update on Operation Epic Fury in the Middle East.

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Speaker 3: We are coming up on an initial deadline to end

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Speaker 3: the military operation. The President now says it's likely to

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Speaker 3: take another two, maybe three weeks to get it done.

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Speaker 3: The President continues to berate European nations for standing on

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Speaker 3: the sidelines and not offering support to US forces. Mister

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Speaker 3: Trump says the United States will not forget. By the way,

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Speaker 3: We'll carry the addressed live tonight beginning at nine o'clock

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Speaker 3: on WBZ News Radio, or catch it on the go

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Speaker 3: with the iHeartRadio app. Could I borrow two hundred dollars?

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Speaker 3: I'd like to buy a barrel of oil. While that

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Speaker 3: has no practical purpose for you and me, Experts say,

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Speaker 3: if Iran keeps the straight of Horn moves closed, we'll

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Speaker 3: see new records for Brent crude on the market before long.

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Speaker 3: What does, of course, impact US is the price of gas.

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Speaker 4: Topl a Northeast says, since the Warner ran began on

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Speaker 4: February twenty eighth. Prices of the pump have risen ninety

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Speaker 4: one since the national average climbed above four dollars. Here

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Speaker 4: in Massachusetts, we are just below the national average by

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Speaker 4: about twenty cent.

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Speaker 2: If we want to kind of look at where we

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Speaker 2: were this time ago. Last year, it was two ninety

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Speaker 2: seven a gallon.

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Speaker 4: Meghan says she's feeling it at the pump every week.

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Speaker 2: Oh, I'm probably gonna fill up and pay about seventy

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Speaker 2: five dollars.

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Speaker 4: She says the increase is impacting her everyday life as

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Speaker 4: she tries to provide for her family.

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Speaker 3: In CBS News, Boston's Paul Burton gas prices are up

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Speaker 3: now another four cents overnight nationally at four oh six

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Speaker 3: a gallon. That is according to Triple A, Well, a

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Speaker 3: Major League Baseball season is not even one week old,

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Speaker 3: but the wheels have already fallen off. Yeah, the Red

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Speaker 3: Sox WBZ Strew mo'hollands. This is this is not a

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Speaker 3: pretty picture. How is this possible already?

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Speaker 5: Where it's not a great situation. Get away day in

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Speaker 5: Houston today, Fox and Astros two ten, first pitch Jeffrey.

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Speaker 5: Last night, the Sox get clobbered nine to two. The

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Speaker 5: Red Sox now one in four on the young season,

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Speaker 5: and now they've dropped the first two series of the year.

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Speaker 5: Red Sox Nation panicking already opening day at Fenway. Jeffrey Friday,

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Speaker 5: Go Red Cock, Go Red Come.

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Speaker 3: The excitement is building.

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Speaker 5: I was really hoping we didn't have to use that

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Speaker 5: this year.

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Speaker 3: But I had such high hopes going into the season.

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Speaker 3: But you know, the other thing that's annoying with the

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Speaker 3: Red Sox these days is this new ball strike challenge.

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Speaker 3: They can't seem to get it right. They use up

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Speaker 3: their challenges early, so when a strategic point of the game,

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Speaker 3: they have nothing left. They have nothing left in the tank.

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Speaker 5: Every time around this year, something with the Red Sox

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Speaker 5: annoys jeff Yeah, well, I.

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Speaker 3: Know I had such high holts. It is a relatively

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Speaker 3: mild forty eight degrees right now. We'll see temperatures soaring

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Speaker 3: into the seventies, especially in inland locations along the shoreline.

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Speaker 3: Will probably still nice and decent day. With high temperatures

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Speaker 3: showers this morning. In fact, some communities on the North

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Speaker 3: when temperatures will jump into the seventies. That'll be the

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Speaker 3: warmest day of the week, followed by the coldest, which

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Speaker 3: is coming up tomorrow under cloudy skies, in a couple

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Speaker 3: of showers. Cold front is going to move in. Will

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Speaker 3: be hard pressed to break forty degrees tomorrow. That's just

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Speaker 3: the way it goes. But we're right back at it

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Speaker 3: on Friday to wrap up the work week. It's a holiday,

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Speaker 3: good Friday for many people. Temperatures will be in the

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Speaker 3: sixties on Friday, and we're looking ahead to a pretty

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Speaker 3: decent Easter weekend with some clouds and some sunshine. High

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Speaker 3: temperatures on Easter Sunday could be in the seventies. Right

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Speaker 3: now in Boston's forty eight degrees, clouds and a couple

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Speaker 3: of showers at six oh six on this Wednesday morning,

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Speaker 3: where the streets do have names. Boston is doing some

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Speaker 3: spring cleaning.

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Speaker 2: Seasonal sweeping and parking enforcement are back in all of Boston,

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Speaker 2: including here in Charlestown, where if not a where folks

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Speaker 2: may be surprised with a parking ticket or if their

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Speaker 2: car hasn't been moved for the sweeper. Some neighborhoods like

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Speaker 2: the North End, South End and Beacon Hill are well

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Speaker 2: in the swing of things, as their extended schedule began

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Speaker 2: last month. The city recommends signing up for street sweeping

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Speaker 2: email alerts to be notified about the schedule, as well

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Speaker 2: as for canceled sweeping and parking enforcements in Charlestown. James

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Speaker 2: rowhas w b Z Boston some news radio. It is

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Speaker 2: Holy Week on the Christian calendar. Many school districts in

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Speaker 2: the Commonwealth will be closed for Good Friday this week,

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Speaker 2: but in Medford, schools are going to be closed because

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Speaker 2: officials expect there will not be enough staff to conduct

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Speaker 2: classes safely. Well maybe this is turning into a case

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Speaker 2: of poor planning, but Medford Public schools will now get

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Speaker 2: Along weekend as well, which will unfortunately push the last

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Speaker 2: day of school further into the last week of June.

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Speaker 2: Unless the Easter Bunny gets his game face on, many

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Speaker 2: of us get our sweet tooth in mid season form.

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Speaker 1: That's Agreer, the co owner of Petrova Chocolates in the

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Speaker 1: North End and East Boston, has a big smile on

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Speaker 1: his face, asked him what it's like having a chocolate

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Speaker 1: shop this week.

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Speaker 6: To me, Easter is all about joy and sharing moments,

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Speaker 6: and honestly, that's why we're trying to do with our

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Speaker 6: chocolates too, make something fun and delicious that people can

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Speaker 6: enjoy together.

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Speaker 1: They've created egg sized treats, including the chocolate pinata egg

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Speaker 1: and handmade chocolate bunnies.

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Speaker 6: So we have two bunnies. One is milk chocolate shell

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Speaker 6: and inside it's filled with passion for marshmallow that we

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Speaker 6: make from the scratch, and the other one is filled

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Speaker 6: with many German chocolate cake pieces with coconut caramel and pickhands.

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Speaker 1: Making for a delicious time of year. Carl Stevens WBG

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