Thanksgiving Eve means cooking, partying and traveling: Good morning, central Pa.

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Do you have everything you need for Thanksgiving dinner? (Karen Grigoryan/Shutterstock)
Janet Pickel | By Janet Pickel | The Patriot-News
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on November 27, 2013 at 5:45 AM, updated November 27, 2013 at 5:47 AM

Good morning, central Pennsylvania, and welcome to Thanksgiving Eve: It's a day full of cooking, planning, shopping, cleaning, partying and, this year anyway, rain. Here's some help to get through the day:

  • Last-minute shopping: All midstate grocery stores are open normal hours today. State liquor stores are open until anywhere from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m., depending on location. Most other retailers are open normal hours as well, but you might want to call ahead if you're heading out late.
  • Weather/travel: In the Harrisburg area, it's supposed to rain until early this evening. Other parts of the East Coast, though, have gotten snow and ice, so airplane travel here might see a ripple effect of delays. We'll have updates on weather and travel through the day.

Top stories for today from The Associated Press:

1. B-52S FLY ACROSS CHINA'S NEW AIR DEFENSE ZONE: The flights by the two bombers make clear that the U.S. will not recognize the territorial claims in the East China Sea that Beijing laid out over the weekend.

2. WHY WIND MIGHT GROUND GIANT BALLOONS IN MACY'S PARADE: Snoopy and the other iconic characters can't lift off if gusts exceed 34 mph — and current forecasts for Thursday call for gusts of 36 mph.

3. GOVERNMENT TARGETING TAX-EXEMPT POLITICAL GROUPS: Rules changes could reduce the role in campaigns of big-money outfits like Karl Rove's Crossroads GPS and the pro-Obama Priorities USA.

4. POPE ASSAILS INCOME INEQUALITY: "Money must serve, not rule!" he says in calling on political leaders to overhaul the global financial system.

5. DETAILS OF SECRET SPY PROGRAM EMERGE: In the early years after 9/11, the CIA turned several Guantanamo terrorists into double agents and sent them home.

6. WHITE HOUSE URGES TEHRAN TO RELEASE DETAINEES: Iran is believed to be holding three Americans, including a retired FBI agent who disappeared in 2007.

7. WHO'S BEEN ORDERED TO TAKE A LEAVE AT CBS: Correspondent Lara Logan is taking heat for an October "60 Minutes" story that featured a supposed witness to the Benghazi raid whose story can't be verified.

8. WHAT'S NO LONGER THE TRAVEL OPTION OF LAST RESORT: A new breed of sleek intercity coaches is transforming the image of the once-lowly bus.

9. SLIM VOLUME FETCHES HUGE SUM: A tiny book of psalms from the mid-17th century, believed to be the first book printed in the U.S., sells for a record $14.2 million in New York City.

10. MLB UNVEILS HALL OF FAME CONTENDERS: Nineteen newcomers, including four-time Cy Young winner Greg Maddux, are on the ballot along with four steroid-tainted holdovers.







