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Update 5:35 p.m. Another tweet from Mayor Bloomberg's office confirming the cancellation:

We have decided to cancel the NYC marathon. The New York Road Runners will have additional information in days ahead for participants. — NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) November 2, 2012

The New York Road Runners haven't updated their site and as of now still shows a marathon countdown.

Update 5:26 p.m. And the final domino falls. Mayor Michael Bloomberg's office has announced the cancellation of the New York Marathon:

We have decided to cancel the NYC marathon. The New York Road Runners will have additional information in days ahead for participants. — NYC Mayor's Office (@NYCMayorsOffice) November 2, 2012

Update: 5:19 p.m. And here's the grain of salt: Mayor Bloomberg's office is denying these reports.

Breaking News: Sources say New York City Marathon will not be held on Sunday; mayor's office denies report — NY1 News (@NY1headlines) November 2, 2012

Update 5:10 p.m. There are now multiple reports that the marathon has been canceled.

NBC News confirms the NYC Marathon "will not be held on Sunday." — Mike Hayes (@michaelhayes) November 2, 2012

Ray Kelly IS taping an interview with @charlierose right now, a spokeswoman confirms. — Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) November 2, 2012

#BREAKING: ABC News has confirmed that the New York City Marathon has been cancelled. — ABC7 News (@abc7newsBayArea) November 2, 2012

Update 4:53 p.m. We have another confirmation of a marathon meeting:

With the @ingnycmarathon scheduled to go off Sun, #CNN has confirmed that NYC officials are meeting now, discussing a possible cancelation. — Piers Morgan Tonight (@PiersTonight) November 2, 2012

Update 4:39 p.m. Now here's some sense and something a bit more solid than what Gasparino had been tweeting. Again, no cancellation has been announced as of yet and again having meetings discussing a cancellation is plenty different than actually canceling the race:

RT @weeddude A New York official tells @cnn that meetings have been on-going this afternoon as to whether or not to cancel the NYC marathon — Andrew Kaczynski (@BuzzFeedAndrew) November 2, 2012

Update 4:10 p.m. And here comes the Gasparino backlash:

@brianstelter @cgasparino He's the same dope who keeps saying that the Red Sox are for sale — Ed Hannan (@ehannan73) November 2, 2012

Update 4:06 p.m. Gasparino (like ConEd with its robocalls) is walking back the marathon cancellation rumors he started:

@kirkmichie @hblodget i just reported what i heard from traders made it perfectly clear who knows whats gonna happen — Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) November 2, 2012

And this:

@fabianbuchheim i cant help it if ur too dumb not to read EXACTLY what i said — Charles Gasparino (@CGasparino) November 2, 2012

Well exactly what Gasparino tweeted was "CANCELLED" in giant caps (below).