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News

Education Chief Raises Doubts on Pick by Bloomberg

By JAVIER C. HERNANDEZ and SHARON OTTERMAN

New York State's education commissioner will reject Cathleen P. Black as head of city schools unless an official with education experience is her deputy.

Representative Charles B. Rangel distributed turkeys and Thanksgiving groceries on Tuesday at the Martin Luther King Jr. Political Club in Harlem.

Thanksgiving Ritual Gives Rangel a Respite

By DAVID M. HALBFINGER

Representative Charles B. Rangel distributed groceries in Harlem while awaiting a vote on ethics violations.

Workers from Skanska USA Civil Northeast at the Fulton Street Transit Center in Lower Manhattan. The company is the subject of an investigation by federal prosecutors in Manhattan.

Fraud Inquiries Focus on Public-Works Hiring in New York

By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM

Two of the nation's major construction companies are suspected of evading the government's hiring requirements for projects in New York.

Subway Extension Draws Support, if Not Financing

By PATRICK McGEEHAN

A preliminary plan floating around City Hall estimated that extending the No. 7 subway line from Manhattan to New Jersey could cost $5.3 billion, but it is unclear yet who would pay for the project.

Features

Judy Rhodes in her East Village row house, once the home of the jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker.

About New York

Where a Bird Played Sax, Now Others Find Refuge

By COREY KILGANNON

A Manhattan row house once home to Charlie Parker, the jazz great known as "Bird," the current occupant cares for pigeons and parrots.

Business

DealBook

SAC and 2 Mutual Funds Subpoenaed

By PETER LATTMAN and AZAM AHMED

The subpoenas came a day after F.B.I. agents raided three hedge funds as part of an accelerating investigation into insider trading on Wall Street.

Sports

General Manager Brian Cashman, left, has concerns about shortstop Derek Jeter.

On Baseball

What's Baffling Is Nastiness of Jeter Talks

By TYLER KEPNER

When the Yankees said they would value Derek Jeter as a player, not a brand, in contract negotiations, his agent called it baffling. But what is the Yankees' shortstop worth?

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Dining

Lincoln Ristorante has opened on the Lincoln Center campus.

Restaurant Review | Lincoln Ristorante

Because the Fat Lady Has to Eat

By SAM SIFTON

At Lincoln Center, Jonathan Benno and the Patina Group built a place in which one can eat well without really having a good time. But golly, is some of the food good.

Arts

Spider-Man stands on the set's Brooklyn Bridge as a comic-book-like rendering of the Green Goblin swoops in.

'Spider-Man' Starts to Emerge From Secrecy

By PATRICK HEALY

The creators of the delayed "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," the most expensive show in Broadway history, say they can see it taking shape. But time is running out.

ArtsBeat: Video of 'Spider-Man'

From left, Greg McFadden, Billy Eugene Jones and Colleen Werthmann of the Civilians.

Theater Review | 'In the Footprint'

A Brooklyn Civics Lesson, Offered in Word and Song

By CHARLES ISHERWOOD

The conflict over the redevelopment of the Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn is rhapsodized in song with style and wit in the spirited new show from the Civilians.