"<div class=""meta ""><span class=""caption-text "">The field of about 37,000 runners begins the New York City Marathon by crossing the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge from the New York City borough of Staten Island to  Brooklyn,  Sunday, Nov. 5, 2006 in New York. The 26.2-mile marathon course passes through all five boroughs of New York City.  (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams) (AP Photo/ HENNY RAY ABRAMS)</span></div>"
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