High-flying balloon characters star in Thanksgiving parade

NEW YORK (AP) — Throngs of spectators lined the streets of New York on Thursday as colorful, high-flying balloons helped usher in the holiday season at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.The annual tradition, which dates back nearly a century, saw mostly sunny skies and a slight breeze Thursday morning.International cartoon sensation Bluey, the Australian cattle pup, will make her parade debut, with a balloon in her likeness towering as tall as a four-story building and stretching as wide