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Revelers worldwide start to mark St. Patrick's Day
NEW YORK (AP) — Crowds cheered and bagpipes bellowed as New York City's annual St. Patrick's Day parade kicked off Saturday, and people with a fondness for anything Irish began a weekend of festivities from the Louisiana bayou to Dublin. With the...
Tags: Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Holidays, Festive Events, White House, Symbols and Symbolism
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St. Patrick's Day weekend: DUI crackdowns on tap
L.A. NOWThink twice about driving after a long night of throwing back pints of Guinness and Irish car bombs on St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Law enforcement personnel throughout Los Angeles County plan to step up patrols and crack down on motorists...... -
Police report quiet Friday night before St. Patrick's Day
Baltimore police said they were aware of no problems connected to early St. Patrick's Day celebrations Friday night, as they brace for a weekend of boozy revelry once bars open today. The department announced plans to flood bar districts with officers...
Tags: Baltimore Police Department, Fells Point, Canton Square, Inner Harbor
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St. Paddy's Day
"I can't leave this house without that hat," I holler down the staircase to anyone who might care about what I have to say. That head count is different from those who might actually hear what I am saying. "Have any of you seen it?" Complete silence....Tags: Walmart, Symbols and Symbolism, Shamrock
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Crowds throng downtown for St. Patrick's Day festivities
Chicago's St. Patrick's Day festivities brought thousands of people downtown today for the parade and the ritual dyeing of the Chicago river. A boat left a trail of lime green dye in the water about 10 a.m. as thousands "ooohed" in the frigid...
Tags: Grant Park, Festive Events, Holidays, Weather, Tom Skilling
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Selection Sunday is exciting but will never top the NFL Draft
"Selection Sunday." It's got a nice ring, but don't get too cocky, basketball fans. Granted, you have one of the two best non-sporting sporting events (in which no scoring happens), but you will never touch the first day of the NFL Draft. But you...
Tags: Gymnastics Clubs, The Simpsons (tv program), New York Knicks, Empire State Building, J.J. Redick
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St. Pat descends for a little blarney
Time again for the Get Serious! Spotlight on the News, at it shines our last remaining old 100-watt bulb on the man responsible for that green food coloring in your beer today, the man who puts the "go Bragh" in "Erin": Saint Patrick! "Thanks. It's...Tags: Victor McLaglen, Leprechauns (legendary entities), Symbols and Symbolism, Republic of Ireland, New York City
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Everybody loves Watson
NEWPORT BEACH — Tom Watson, the Hall of Famer with 39 PGA Tour victories, is not just a fan favorite, but loved just as much by the golfers on the Champions Tour. Rocco Mediate and Steve Elkington, both making their debuts at the Toshiba Classic,...Tags: Olin Browne, Jack Nicklaus, David Feherty, Fred Couples, Wayne Levi
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St. Patrick's Day checkpoints aim to limit DUIs
As St. Patrick’s Day approaches, El Centro police and Avoid the 8 DUI Task Force urges motorists to plan a safe ride home and never get behind the wheel drunk or drugged. During this holiday, officials countywide will be on high alert, cracking...Tags: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Holidays, Car Safety Tips and Advice
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St. Patrick's Day at Riley's
Paul GreenbergWith sincere apologies to, and selective quotations from, Finley Peter Dunne, creator of the immortal Mister Dooley, the Irish barkeep and political sage who first noted that politics ain't beanbag. Francis X. Hennessey looked even more confused than...Tags: Cabbage, Human Interest, Symbols and Symbolism, George Bernard Shaw, Shamrock
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Ollin links arms with Pogues in act of St. Patrick's Day solidarity
It's a Catholic thing. It's an immigrant-underdog thing. It's an acoustic-punk thing. There are many reasons why, for the last 10 or 11 years — the precise number is lost in the fog of memory — the L.A. Chicano band Ollin has celebrated St....
Tags: Holidays, Mexican-American War, Spider (music group), Entertainment, Republic of Ireland
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DUI crackdown on St. Patrick's Day in Glendale
Think twice about driving after a long night of throwing back pints of Guinness and Irish car bombs on St. Patrick’s Day weekend. Glendale police, along with law enforcement personnel throughout Los Angeles County, plan to step up patrols and...
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