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<v Speaker 1>This is WBZ, Boston's news radio. We defining local news.

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<v Speaker 2>You clouds in the sky forty two degrees in the

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<v Speaker 2>city at eleven o'clock. Hello, thanks for being with us.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm Sherry Small and here's what's happening. The snow is

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<v Speaker 2>out of here, but for the rest of the day

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be dry.

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<v Speaker 3>The wag of the snow we saw overnight this afternoon

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<v Speaker 3>looks dry. We're eazy and mile there with some sunshine returning.

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<v Speaker 3>We're into the mid to upper forties tonight, a few clouds,

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<v Speaker 3>low thirty five.

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<v Speaker 2>That's ACCU weather. Meteorologist Bill Degger will have the full

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<v Speaker 2>accu weather forecast coming up in three all Right to News,

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<v Speaker 2>its original branding set high standards, and the Cambridge neighborhood

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<v Speaker 2>continues to live up to and even grow its tech reputation.

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<v Speaker 4>Originally a salt marsh, then a booming industrial center, to

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<v Speaker 4>an empty waste landtern biotech capital. Kendall Square has been

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<v Speaker 4>through it all, but these days it's all about innovation.

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<v Speaker 4>For Aria, a student at MIT Sloan.

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<v Speaker 5>Today, we had a class and what reality even means

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<v Speaker 5>and what a perception is.

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<v Speaker 4>So we're thinking about everything very deeply here. Kendall Square

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<v Speaker 4>has been titled the most innovative square mile on Earth

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<v Speaker 4>because of the high concentration of entrepreneurial startups, biotech companies

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<v Speaker 4>and ideas here that have developed into a way of

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<v Speaker 4>life since around twenty ten.

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<v Speaker 1>Educated innovative.

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<v Speaker 4>There's always new stuff coming out of MIT Kendall Square

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<v Speaker 4>and all the surrounding companies and everything like that. Just

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<v Speaker 4>down the street from one another, there's Biogen Maderna, Pfizer, Google, Microsoft,

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<v Speaker 4>and Facebook.

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<v Speaker 1>Eric says the title is fitting all the brightest minds

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<v Speaker 1>collectively work together.

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<v Speaker 4>Here in Cambridge. I'm a freedman. WBZ Boston's news radio

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<v Speaker 4>all Right.

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<v Speaker 2>For more, check out our TikTok page at WBZ News Radio.

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<v Speaker 2>Massachuset's Congresswoman Laurie Trehan is the target of a bomb threat.

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<v Speaker 2>Mass Date Police saying that a preliminary investigation determining that

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<v Speaker 2>it appears to be one of several unfounded threats against

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<v Speaker 2>political figures across the country. The congress woman posting on

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<v Speaker 2>social media that threats of violence and intimidation have no

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<v Speaker 2>place in our country. Vovol Sports Annual Kicking It with

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<v Speaker 2>Santa Kickball tournament was held yesterday in South Boston.

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<v Speaker 3>Welcome Kicking It with Dinna Who.

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<v Speaker 1>With Christmas music playing.

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<v Speaker 6>About one hundred and fifty people, many dressed like Santa

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<v Speaker 6>Claus or an ugly Christmas sweaters. Kick catch or miss

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<v Speaker 6>the ball.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, we're here for the vines.

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<v Speaker 5>We're here for the kids.

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<v Speaker 1>It's super fun. Megan's from East Boston. They collect when

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<v Speaker 1>we sign up.

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<v Speaker 4>They collect while we are playing mid season, which is

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<v Speaker 4>awesome and it's just great to get back.

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<v Speaker 1>They're playing for the kids.

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<v Speaker 6>And dust Boot a two liter boot filled with beer

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<v Speaker 6>that the winners drink out of.

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<v Speaker 3>We're here playing kickball.

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<v Speaker 5>We're here for the kids, you know. Shout out to

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<v Speaker 5>WBZ News Radiot, stay tuned, relate.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, we lit.

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<v Speaker 6>In Southeast Susanne's Osville WBZ Boston's news radio.

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<v Speaker 2>And now let's check the four DA WBZ ACU weather forecast.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's meteorologist Bill Decker.

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<v Speaker 3>In the wake of the snow we saw overnight. This

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<v Speaker 3>afternoon looks dry, breezy, and mile there with some sunshine returning.

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<v Speaker 3>We're into the mid to upper forties tonight. A few clouds,

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<v Speaker 3>low thirty five clouds build tomorrow, high forty one to

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<v Speaker 3>forty five. Rain arrives late in the day, continues through

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<v Speaker 3>tomorrow night. May start us some snow. Tour four ninety

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<v Speaker 3>five Tuesday, a cloudy, foggy, drizzly day, high forty five,

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<v Speaker 3>rain back Tuesday night, heavy rain, Wednesday, highs near sixty.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm acu you weather mediicologist Bill Deker WBZ Boston's News Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Listen to this.

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<v Speaker 2>Checking the region right now on the Cape, we're seeing

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<v Speaker 2>anywhere tamps forty six to about forty eight degrees, forty

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<v Speaker 2>four in Plymouth, Quincy forty four as well. Let's check

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<v Speaker 2>the north shore forty three in Revere, forty in Gloucester,

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<v Speaker 2>thirty nine degrees right now in Worcester, forty three in Framingham,

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<v Speaker 2>forty two in Springfield, and up in Fischburg and Leminster

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<v Speaker 2>forty one degrees in the city. Right now we do

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<v Speaker 2>have mostly cloudy skies, but forty two degrees at eleven

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<v Speaker 2>oh five. Another lookalike competition is expected to take place

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<v Speaker 2>this afternoon on Boston Conse.

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<v Speaker 5>Lookalike contests just keep popping up. A few weeks ago

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<v Speaker 5>there was a Tom Holland one on the Common, but

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<v Speaker 5>supposedly this afternoon there's one for the late President John F.

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<v Speaker 3>Kennedy.

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<v Speaker 5>Pictures of flyers for the competition have been floating around

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<v Speaker 5>on social media, and those say there's a fifty dollars

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<v Speaker 5>prize for the winner. Obviously, these things are anything but official,

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<v Speaker 5>but if you see some presidential looking figures on the

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<v Speaker 5>common around one o'clock at least you'll know why. Jared

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<v Speaker 5>brows And and WBZ Boston's news.

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<v Speaker 2>Radio all Right. Today is the last day for a

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<v Speaker 2>dog adoptathon that is going on waiving adoption fees. It

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<v Speaker 2>is called Home for the Holidays. The MSPCA angel and

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<v Speaker 2>several of its coalition partners are teaming up for the

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<v Speaker 2>adoption where the fees will be waived for all dogs

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<v Speaker 2>age one year and older, a right. People often think

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<v Speaker 2>of gifting or taking in a puppy this time of year,

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<v Speaker 2>but there's a lot to be said for the benefits

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<v Speaker 2>of adopting older dogs again. Today's the last day. It's

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<v Speaker 2>being held at the MSPCA shelters in Boston, methu and

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<v Speaker 2>Salem and Centreville on the Cave, along with the Worcester

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<v Speaker 2>Animal Rescue League, Berkshire Humane Society, Thomas J. O'Connor Animal

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<v Speaker 2>Control that's in Springfield, Lowell Humane Society and Baypath Humane

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<v Speaker 2>Society of Hopkinson. You are now in the loop for

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<v Speaker 2>news updates throughout the day. Listen to WBZ News Radio

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<v Speaker 2>on the iHeart Radio app. I'm Sherry Small, WBZ Boston's

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