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Slide show: Subjects include a homecoming for a man released from prison, Long Island turkey hunters, and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
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Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, in his race for a third term, spent more of his own money than any other individual in United States history in the pursuit of public office.
Congress
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rogers
Fred Thompson
William Kristol
Also in Blogtalk: Toys to avoid this holiday season; a closing date for "Superior Donuts" on Broadway; and more links to local blogs.
World
Turkey
U.S. Helicopter, the company that began shuttling travelers from heliports in Manhattan to the airports in 2006, is trying to resolve financing problems.
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Internal Revenue Service
International Monetary Fund
Inwood, at the northern tip of Manhattan, is home to history and nature, including the island's only remaining forest, as well as a growing arts community.
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A student filmmaker wins a hotel's contest. His prize? His film shown on a giant screen in Times Square.
Other
Also in the Morning Buzz: a photography student's horrifying subject; the class divide between doormen and residents; and more headlines from local papers.
Congress
Foreclosure Crisis
Green-Wood Cemetery is considering five statues as a replacement for one that disappeared decades ago.
Congress
Gene Green
The southbound platform, which is part of the long-stalled World Trade Center reconstruction, is not scheduled to reopen until Sept. 11, 2011.
World
After news of the attorney general's lawsuit against the United Homeless Organization broke, one homeless man faced the public criticism as he continued to ask for money.
Other
Bud Day
United Nations
Although the city neglected the neighborhood's infrastructure for decades, the constitutional rights of the businesses there -- many of which will be forced to relocate under the plan -- were not violated, a federal judge found.
Congress
Rather than filing suit, a family simply accepted the apology of the Thanksgiving Day Parade organizers after an errant balloon knocked part of a Times Square light fixture on them.
White House
Bud Day
The lack of signs pointing to the Jet Blue flights at Newark Liberty Airport is the first of many frustrations and extra costs for a traveling family.
Other
International Monetary Fund
Ozem Goldwire spent more than a year in jail after he confessed to killing his sister, after 17 hours of police interrogation. The charges were later thrown out.
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Vada Vasquez could make a full recovery, her doctor said during a news conference at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center, where she has been treated since the Nov. 16 shooting.
Congress
Don Young
A law that increases penalties for companies that retaliate against employees who complaint about labor-law violations takes effect this week, at a time when the state has stepped up enforcement of minimum-wage standards and other labor standards.
Other
Blogtalk: a possible legal precedent; a look at the bond structure underlying the construction of the Atlantic Yards development; and a building where the recession is being ignored.
Congress
Also in Morning Buzz: heroin bags stamped with "Twilight"; rising electricity rates; and other headlines from local news outlets.
Congress
Remembering a subway train with conductors, and the jingle that went with it.
