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Analysis: NYC mayor not humbled by close election

NEW YORK (AP) — After Mayor Michael Bloomberg was nearly unseated by his little-known challenger, the ever-confident billionaire declared it a "great week" and threw a ticker-tape parade.

Granted, the over-the-top celebration was for the Yankees, who had just won the World Series for the first time in Bloomberg's eight years.

But it might as well have been a bash for the 67-year-old...

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