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1. N.J. weather update: Warming up to 'Turkey Day'
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... through the period with lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s and highs in the mid to upper 50s through the period. No impacts on travel are expected for the Thanksgiving weekend. A strong cold front ...

2. Get a date with a star! Community FoodBank of N.J.’s celebrity auction proceeds help provide food relief to Hurricane Sandy victims
(N.J./State)

Thanksgiving is just days away, and those residing in New Jersey and New York who struggled before Hurricane Sandy are under even greater stress to put food on the table this holiday season and beyond.  ...

3. Rare sleep disorder made 17-year-old girl sleep for 64 straight days
(Health/Healthquest)

... takes medication to help make the sleeping episodes less frequent. Her last experience was in March, according to CBS Pittsburgh, The teen has missed Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthdays and a family trip ...

4. Paul McCartney's Thanksgiving message: Just say no to turkey
(Life/Style)

BY BOB HOLT Noted animal activist and musician Sir Paul McCartney is supporting a “Just say no” campaign for Thanksgiving. Actually, he is saying asking Americans to simply say “No, thanks” to turkey ...

5. TSA procedures persuade travelers to forego flying
(Travel/Travel)

BY PAM LOBLEY NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM NOW THAT’S FUNNY All set for travel this Thanksgiving? If you’re flying, you need to be ready to take off your shoes, take off your belt, pour your shampoo and ...

6. Would like to volunteer and serve dinners on Thanksgiving Day, or help with cleaning
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

would like to help with serving dinners on Thanksgiving Day, or help with cleaning up.. live 5 mins from Union Beach. please email me at Chrisanne22@yahoo.com ...

7. N.J. Assemby Speaker Oliver talks turkey: Give New Jersey’s Working Families a Reason to Really Give Thanks with a Strong Minimum Wage Increase
(Opinion/Commentary)

This Thanksgiving week, New Jersey’s leaders should embrace a surefire way to give the state’s working families something to truly be thankful for: a strong minimum wage increase that can help lift ...

8. N.J. food banks seeing Thanksgiving shortage post-Sandy
(N.J./State)

... Ocean County executive director Carlos Rodriguez to NPR.org. And now with Thanksgiving with less than a week away, the food banks do not know if they will be able to provide a turkey dinner to all those ...

9. N.J. weather forecast: Thanksgiving storm not expected
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

... to lower 50s over the interior and mid 50's along the coast for highs. By Thanksgiving and Friday, temperatures will be well above normal with lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s and highs in the mid to ...

10. Volunteer serving meals on Thanksgiving Day
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

Would like to volunteer and serve dinners on Thanksgiving Day, Friday. My wife and I e ...

11. Rebuilding N.J.'s power grid post-Sandy: Will people pay more?
(Opinion/Commentary)

... periods of time since the end of last month. And with less than a week to Thanksgiving, I am also grateful for New Jersey politicians (no, there is nothing wrong with your eyes; you read that correctly). ...

12. A white Thanksgiving? Next nor'easter could be headed our way
(Sci/Tech/Science updates)

BY BOB HOLT NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM Stop us if you’ve heard this one before, but New Jersey may be receiving some unwelcome company for Thanksgiving. Accuweather.com reports that computer models are ...

13. Want to Help Over Thanksgiving Break
(Comments/Unsorted comments)

I will be coming home for Thanksgiving Break on Nov. 20th and am willing to help in the clean up efforts from Nov. 21 - Nov. 24th. Please let me know if there is anything I can do. soccerprincess ...

14. Walmart to start 'Black Friday' shopping madness earlier on Thanksgiving
(N.J./State)

... dinner in a doggie bag because Walmart this year will be opening its doors at 8 p.m. local time – on Thanksgiving. “Black Friday,” is officially arriving earlier than ever this season as Wal-mart Stores ...

15. Six super ways to avoid winter weight gain
(Health/Healthquest)

BY TARA ZIMLIKI, CPT, CSCS COMMENTARY According to the British Nutrition Foundation people gain between three and seven extra pounds over the between the holidays of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New ...

16. 2012 IFP Gotham Awards nominees: ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild' could win big
(Entertainment/Movies)

... November 26 at Cipriani Wall Street, gets lots of celebrity wattage who come out to celebrate the Indie Spirit as well as to get ready for the awards season hoopla that begins after Thanksgiving. The event ...

17. Kean proposes bill telling N.J. legislators, 'Show up to work or get out'
(N.J./State)

... job anyway. They are usually on official break from Thanksgiving until early in the New Year, and off for most of the summer. When in session, they typically only need appear in Trenton twice a week, ...

18. Your gravestone? There's a smartphone app for that!
(Life/Style)

... Thanksgiving!” I just started a blog a few weeks ago. Now I guess I’ll have to keep it going. Forever. Pam Lobley writes the “Now That’s Funny” column. Check out her blog: Better Living Through ...

19. Webster dictionary new words 2012: 'Sexting' and 'f-bomb' make the cut
(Life/Style)

... been included. Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary receives a complete overhaul about every 10 years and is updated yearly. A defining word of the year is chosen around Thanksgiving.  ...

20. Yes, Brad Pitt's mother wrote an anti-gay, anti-Obama letter
(Entertainment/Movies)

... never recover.” This must make for some interesting conversation around the dinner table at Thanksgiving. Although for many years Angelina was estranged from her father so probably that’s a conversation ...