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Five Things: NBA Formed, Rainy Weather Today

Five things you need to know today Aug. 3, 2011

  1. It'll be a little cooler today thanks to the scattered thunderstorms headed for our area. Expect a little rain in the morning and also in the afternoon. High temperature of the day will be around 88 degrees.
  2. Sports fans rejoice! On this day in 1949, the National Basketball Association (NBA) was formed.
  3. If the rain doesn't cancel the show, tonight's Spotlight by Starlight concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Mason District Park.
  4. American singer Tony Bennett was born on this day in 1926. 
  5. The Wakefield Farmers Market is today from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. at .


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