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 NEW YORK (AP) - An ice storm wiped away the traditional green stripe painted on Fifth Avenue, but it could not keep away thousands of St. Patrick's Day celebrants from the city's parade on Saturday.
"We came to party!" declared Una Murray of Dublin, Ireland, who carried green, white and orange balloons and sported fake green braids.
Revelers came to watch the 246th parade, pressing against police barricades to cheer marching bands and men and women in uniform. The event typically draws 2 million spectators and 150,000 marchers.
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