ST. PATRICK'S DAY

St. Patrick's Day (like many other American holidays, including Christmas) has degenerated into a vulgar, commercial enterprise.

The real story of the man behind St. Patrick’s Day.

There are four times as many Irish-Americans as people in Ireland. And the stateside Irish really love St. Patrick’s Day.

Saint Patrick's Day is Monday but not all cities are celebrating the patron saint of Ireland's holiday on March 17.

Kate Middleton got her heel stuck during a St. Patrick's Day Parade, but luckily Prince William was there to help. Middleton addresses baby's gender.

Sixteen people were ejected from an NJ Transit train on the Bergen/Port Jervis railway line after a brawl Saturday.

Researchers looking at the genome of the white clover stumbled across a scientific pot of gold.

Live stream and parade route information for the 2013 St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City on Saturday.

The multibillion-dollar deal by Europe's largest discount carrier to be announced at the White House by the Irish leader.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg was booed during a Saint Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday as he toured a Queens neighborhood that was hit hard by Hurricane Sandy in October.

St. Patrick's Day (like many other American holidays) has degraded into a vulgar, commercial enterprise that has completely undermined its original purpose.

St. Patrick's Day is just as much about food as it is about drinking. Not only are doughnuts, cookies and pastries sprinkled with green on the holiday, but Irish specialties such as corned beef and cabbage are readily available in festive venues.

St. Patrick's Day 2012 falls on Saturday this year, but the party starts on Friday with pub crawls and beer pong tournaments kicking off the holiday of the Irish patron saint.

Here are some good reads for St. Patrick’s Day.

Nike had to face the fighting Irish after the offensive idea to release a seasonal “Black and Tan” sneaker ahead of St. Patrick’s Day 2012.

Happy Shamrocking!

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - St. Patrick's Day, which will be celebrated next week, has become a worldwide phenomenon with festivities that occur not only in the United States and Ireland, but also in the Caribbean, New Zealand and Japan.