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Members of the Plumbers' Local 130 Union dye the Chicago River green for St. Patrick's Day, March, 13, 2004, in Chicago.
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Judi Scott leans out the widow of a pickup to hold on to a balloon rainbow as 30-mph winds threatened to blow it away during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in Billings, Mont., March 13, 2004.
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Slade O'Dell, 9, left, loses his hat while blowing his horn as his father, David, watches during Pittsburgh's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, March 13, 2004. The parade, whose theme "A Just Peace for the North of Ireland," showcased 15,000 marchers, 225 marching units, and 26 bands. More than 150,000 spectators cheered them on.
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Two generations of related Chinese Pugs display their begging skills during the St. Pug O'Ween festival in Naples, Fla., March 14, 2004. The annual event attracts dozens of pugs from across Southwest Florida and a few from out of state. For the past five years, proceeds from the event go to benefit the Humane Society of Collier County.
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Frank Hughes of Rock Island, Ill., dressed as St. Patrick, high-fives the crowd as the St. Patrick Society Grand Parade XIX makes its way through the streets of Davenport, Iowa, March 13, 2004. It is the only interstate St. Patrick's Day parade in the country, beginning in downtown Rock Island and continuing across the Mississippi River to downtown Davenport.
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George West, of Manchester, Mo, takes his place as a one of many handlers under a giant shamrock balloon before the start of the St. Patrick's Day Parade through downtown St. Louis March 13, 2004.
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Bagpipers participate in the 35th annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in St. Louis March 13, 2004. About 350,000 people attended the parade, which included more than 5,000 marchers and 15 marching bands.
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Samantha Sartain, 5, left, and her sisters, Amanda, 10, center, and Jessica, 6, watch a St. Patrick's parade March 13, 2004, in North Kansas City, Mo.
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Mac Hess marches in the St. Patrick's Day Parade March 13, 2004, along Market Street in York, Pa.
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Miles, a two-year-old Weimaraner, attends the Brookside St. Patrick's Warm-Up Parade March 13, 2004, in Kansas City, Mo.
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Parade-goers, from left, Megan Hauswirth, Kelsey Meyers, Ashley Opheim and Kayla Bell, all dressed for the occasion, greet the floats passing by during the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Emmetsburg, Iowa, March 13, 2004.
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Sydney Crum, left, and Robby Jones, right, both 3, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., watch the St. Patrick's Day parade March 14, 2004, in Wilkes-Barre. Pa.
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Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin hugs a parade-goer during the St. Patrick's Day parade in Montreal March 14, 2004.
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Bart Spano waves to parade-goers during a St. Patrick's Day parade in New Bern, N.C., March 14, 2004.
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Pam Sewell, front, Katherine Mack, center right, D.D. Barnthouse, far right, and Karen Britten, back left, throw candy to parade-goers during a St. Patrick's Day parade March 14, 2004, in New Bern, N.C.
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New Paltz Mayor Jason West, center, greets a parade organizer before speaking at the gay-inclusive St. Patrick's Day parade in New York, March 7, 2004.
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Second-grader Tyler Cruppi, dressed as a leprechaun for the Canandaigua Primary School play "The Leprechaun's Magic Hat," belts out a tune during a performance for other students March 11, 2004, in Canandaigua, N.Y.
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New Haven St. Patrick's Day Committee member Paul Moriarty, right, of West Haven, Conn., stops his marching on the parade route to offer a marriage proposal to his girlfriend of six years, Carrie Wilson, of West Haven, who was in the crowd watching the parade March 14, 2004.
