Kilts, green body paint decorate NYC as marchers worldwide parade in honor of St. Patrick

Nation, world go green for St. Patrick’s Day
NEW YORK – All the world from the Sydney Opera House to the Empire State Building turned Irish, or at least Irish for the day, as revelers marked St. Patrick’s Day with bagpipes, dancing, emerald lights and green body paint in a flurry of celebration.
New Yorkers …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Kilts, green body paint decorate NYC as marchers worldwide parade in honor of St. Patrick.

Crowds gather in Savannah for annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, festivities

Savannah marks St. Patrick’s Day
SAVANNAH, Ga. – Crowds gathered along the parade route Wednesday morning as Savannah prepared for its 186th annual St. Patrick’s Day celebration.

The city’s St. Patrick’s Day festivities attract hundreds of thousands of people, the biggest tourist event of the year in the city of about 150,000.
The celebration was started in 1824 …. Source article  : Crowds gather in Savannah for annual St. Patrick’s Day parade, festivities.

Virgin America apologizes for grounding passengers in NY-bound plane for 4?? hours

Virgin America apologizes over grounded plane

LOS ANGELES – Virgin America has offered refunds to “Dancing With the Stars” judge Carrie Ann Inaba and other passengers who were stranded for hours on a grounded plane bound for New York from Los Angeles.
Virgin America CEO David Cush sent an apology letter Tuesday to each passenger, promised refunds …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Smithsonian’s Natural History museum opens $21 million permanent exhibit on human evolution

Smithsonian opens $21M human evolution hall

WASHINGTON – The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History is opening a new permanent exhibit exploring human evolution over 6 million years.
The nearly $21 million Hall of Human Origins opens Wednesday. It will include more than 285 fossils and artifacts, including the only Neanderthal skeleton in the United States.
Curator Rick …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Smithsonian’s Natural History museum opens $21 million permanent exhibit on human evolution.

Green globe: 70 million Irish at home, abroad cheer St. Patrick’s Day from Sydney to San Fran

Irish at home, worldwide cheer St. Patrick’s Day
DUBLIN – Much of the world is turning green Wednesday for St. Patrick’s Day, the annual celebration of all hues of Irishness.
Half a million people were forecast to line the 3-kilometer (2-mile) route of the flagship … Read more >>>.