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Top News U.S. Adds Planes to Bolster Drive to Wipe Out ISIS By ERIC SCHMITT The United States is shifting aircraft from Afghanistan to the Middle East, but the Islamic State, a hybrid between a conventional army and a terrorist network, has been difficult to target. NEWS ANALYSIS Obama Builds Environmental Legacy With 1970 Law By CORAL DAVENPORT Leaning on the Clean Air Act, President Obama has reshaped environmental policy more than any previous occupant of the White House. Experts Weigh Officer's Decisions Leading to Fatal Shooting of Michael Brown By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ and RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. Many experts said that Darren Wilson acted within the bounds of protocol, though some said the quick escalation of the fatal encounter could have been avoided. For more top news, go to NYTimes.com »

Editors' Picks MULTIMEDIA 2014 Holiday Gift Guide The best present ideas, selected by Times experts, to make shopping easy this season. OPINION | OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Telling My Son About Ferguson By MICHELLE ALEXANDER I write and lecture about the horrors of our criminal justice system. Explaining the Darren Wilson decision to my child was much harder.

QUOTATION OF THE DAY "It's now in the hands of all types of people - good people, bad people, tricksters, pranksters, kids." PATRICK EGAN, a consultant on commercial drone projects, on the largely unregulated use of drones.

Today's Videos  VIDEO: How to Carve a Turkey Ray Venezia, master butcher and Fairway Market meat consultant, shows how to carve a turkey.  More Thanksgiving Videos  VIDEO: Chris Rock: The Times Interview The filmmaker, actor and comedian Chris Rock discusses his career and his latest film, "Top Five."  Related Article  VIDEO: Drones Misbehaving Drones are now soaring beyond their practical and recreational uses and are landing firmly in the hands of troublemakers and pranksters.  Related Article For more video, go to NYTimes.com/Video »

World Polio Crisis Deepens in Pakistan, With New Cases and Killings By DECLAN WALSH The number of new Pakistani polio cases this year has hit 260, four times as many as last year, and four more anti-polio workers have been killed in the field. Rescuers in Yemen Sought American, Officials Say By ERIC SCHMITT and SAEED AL BATATI A journalist held by a Qaeda affiliate was a target in a raid this week by Special Operations commandos and Yemeni troops, according to U.S. and Yemeni officials. Jian Ghomeshi, Canadian Radio Host Facing Sexual Assault Charges, Is Granted Bail By IAN AUSTEN Jian Ghomeshi, the former host of "Q" for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, faces four counts of sexual assault and one count of choking. For more world news, go to NYTimes.com/World »

U.S. After Disputed Verdict, Reckoning for Ferguson By MONICA DAVEY and ALAN BLINDER In a way, the questions about the future of a few heavily damaged blocks of West Florissant Avenue in Ferguson are larger than the individual stores that lined it. Justice Ginsburg Is Recovering After Heart Surgery to Place a Stent By ADAM LIPTAK Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 81, was expected to be at work on Monday after doctors placed a stent in her right coronary artery, a procedure known as coronary catheterization. Cranberry Growers Search for Ways to Share Their Bounty By KIM SEVERSON As cranberry farmers bring in record harvests and berry prices plummet, the industry is trying to recast the fruit outside its usual Thanksgiving milieu. For more U.S. news, go to NYTimes.com/US »

Politics In First Week, More Than a Million Apply for Health Insurance on Federal Website By ROBERT PEAR The applications at the start of the three-month enrollment period showed that in contrast to initial problems last year, HealthCare.gov was working. Wyoming Devises Plan to Expand Medicaid By ABBY GOODNOUGH If it wins federal and state legislative approval, Wyoming will join 27 states that have added program coverage under the Affordable Care Act. An Executive Action Unlikely to Be Faulted By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS The tradition of sparing turkeys began in 1963 and morphed into a full presidential pardon for the first time in 1989. For more political news, go to NYTimes.com/Politics »

Business In France, New Review of 35-Hour Workweek By LIZ ALDERMAN The Socialist government is rethinking a law that was meant to create jobs but lately has been criticized for adding to the country's economic woes. Simple, Even Retro, Toys Gain Favor This Christmas By RACHEL ABRAMS Arts and crafts, robotic animals, retro toys and toys based on popular children's movies are in high demand this year, as parents look for alternatives to digital diversions. STATE OF THE ART Tech Toys That Go Beyond the Screen By FARHAD MANJOO Toys will soon be able to be controlled and updated through an Internet connection, and that may forever alter how we think about play. For more business news, go to NYTimes.com/Business »

Technology Now, Anyone Can Buy a Drone. Heaven Help Us. By NICK WINGFIELD Pranksters' antics are forcing public safety officials to look at the air above them, generally thought safe and secure, as a place for potential trouble. BITS BLOG New F.A.A. Report Tallies Drone Sightings, Highlighting Safety Issues By NICK WINGFIELD The list is not comprehensive, but it still provides a good idea of why the F.A.A. and others are increasingly concerned about the safe operation of drones. 'Right to Be Forgotten' Should Apply Worldwide, E.U. Panel Says By MARK SCOTT New guidelines from privacy regulators would require Google, in certain cases, to take down links in search domains in Europe as well as outside the region. For more technology news, go to NYTimes.com/Technology »

Sports MAVERICKS 109, KNICKS 102, OVERTIME Knicks Fare Badly in Reunion in Dallas By SCOTT CACCIOLA Without Carmelo Anthony, out with back spasms, the Knicks fell to the Mavericks, who got a big game from the ex-Knick Tyson Chandler. NETS 99, 76ERS 91 Struggling Nets Find Team Even They Can Beat By ANDREW KEH Philadelphia trailed by only 1 point with 1 minute 13 seconds remaining but could not overpower the Nets, and with the loss, the 76ers dropped to 0-15. Realm at Stake, Playoff Masters Prepare to Collide By JOHN BRANCH San Francisco and Seattle face each other in two of the next three weeks, and it looks as if at least one of those teams could miss the playoffs. For more sports news, go to NYTimes.com/Sports »

Arts ON COMEDY Who's Winning? The Night's Quickest Wit By JASON ZINOMAN With Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith leading the way, TNT's "Inside the N.B.A." meanders in zany ways unlike other sports shows.