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Weather helps put a damper on shootings

By Milton J. Valencia and Maria Cramer
Globe Staff / July 3, 2009

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While the onslaught of miserable June weather played havoc with people’s plans and psyches, it has also provided a quiet benefit to many city neighborhoods. Fatal and nondeadly shootings in Boston have plunged, and police acknowledge the weather has been a key factor. (Full article: 1045 words)

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