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Andrew Schwartz/For New York Daily News Managing partner and first mate Sue Walsh with founder and captain Kelli Farwell at the wheel of the Water Table dinner boat Diners can now have a drink in Greenpoint, eat an appetizer under the Brooklyn Bridge and enjoy a main course next to Lady Liberty — all while seated at the same table. ...

SHANNON STAPLETON/REUTERS A woman shops at a Toy R Us store in Carle Place, N.Y. Some smaller retailers are worried about being stuck with too much inventory, so they are ordering fewer toys this year. Marine Putman got a taste of holiday craziness a tad early this year. Like, back in the first week of September. That’s when her 8-year-old ...

MIKE SEGAR/REUTERS Three Newsers attempted Friday to sign up for health insurance through the Internet, the phone and a ‘navigator.’ While the first two options worked fine, finding a navigator on Black Friday was impossible. Three Daily News staffers tried Friday to sign up for insurance through the phone, the Internet and a “navigator.” The results were far better than ...

Ripley’s Believe It or Not! The Black Friday Sale will feature strunken heads for around $ 20,000 a head, one from their exhibit pictured. They’re all from a specific Amazon tribe called the Jibaro, according to the museum. Stumped on what to gift that special someone? Why not an authentic shrunken head? New York’s extreme sight show Ripley’s Believe it or Not ...

Discovery Sarah Atwell is a normal 17-year-old girl — except she has neurofibromatosis, a debilitating uncurable condition that causes tumors to grow on her face. The story of a teenager from Canada who endured cruel teasing due to her disfigurement is about to be revealed. Sarah Atwell, a 17-year-old from Nova Scotia, has suffered from neurofibromatosis since she was eight ...

John Konstantaras/AP Images for Kmart In Chicago, Luis Torres and his daughter Stephanie search for more deals after picking up a 50 inch television during the doorbuster sales at Kmart Thursday morning after the store opened at 6 a.m. Macy’s Inc and a slew of other U.S. retailers opened on Thanksgiving for the first time ever in a bare-knuckled brawl ...

The Thanksgiving menu for the Foley family features turkey and tears — of joy. Jack Foley, a redheaded tyke born with just half a heart, will celebrate with the clan mere weeks after his third reconstructive heart surgery at Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian. “When our family sits down to Thanksgiving dinner and says grace and what we ...

Philippe Bigard/Getty Images/OJO Images RF A complex regulatory circuit created from different genes and implanted in fat mice caused them to lose weight, and researchers say something similar could help severely overweight people slim down without surgery. Could a new implant turn the tide of global obesity? Scientists at ETH-Zurich have created a complex circuit of human genes that can ...

Caters News Agency Norway-born Suzanne Svanevik, 17, has a dedicated workout that has turned her into an impressively fit and poweful teen. This incredible girl is only five foot tall and less than eight stone – but she’s stronger than many professional athletes. Suzanne Svanevik, from Bergen, Norway is a pin-up for all girls who’d rather be strong than skinny. ...

WKMG Vanessa VanDyke, left, says other students tease her about her hair, but she would rather leave the school than change it. A 12-year-old girl may face expulsion because of the way she wears her hair. Vanessa VanDyke said officials at Faith Christian Academy in Orlando, Fla., told her she will have to leave the school if she doesn’t trim ...