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Today is Thursday, October 9th, 2025. And we begin with what could be a long, wet weekend slog for those of you on the East Coast.

A full-fledged Nor'easter is blowing in, a little earlier on the calendar than normal,

and forecasters say it will unleash wind, rain, and pounding surf from the Carolinas up to southern New England through early next week.

Notably, this system has nothing to do with Jerry, the tropical storm that's churning

in the Caribbean and will likely strengthen to a hurricane.

Jerry is expected to curve north, then move out to sea.

Anticipation is building for tomorrow's announcement of the world's most prestigious honor,

the Nobel Prize for Peace. Earlier this morning, the phone rang for literature, and yesterday it was

for chemistry. Luckily, you don't have to be present to win because one of the medicine

honorees was nowhere to be found when the call came. According to the New York Times, a spokesperson from

Fred Ramsdell's lab told the committee he was living his best life off the grid on a pre-planned

hiking trip through Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana. Nearly 12 hours later, when Mr. Ramsdell and his

wife finally had cell service, she started screaming.

You just won the Nobel Prize. No, I didn't, he said. And she replied, I have 200 text messages

saying that you did. When Mr. Ramsdell finally spoke with the Nobel Committee, the Secretary

General told him he's never had as much trouble reaching a laureate since he took on the job in

2016.

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