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Fighting 69th leads New York's St. Patrick's Day parade

Their bellies satiated with a traditional breakfast that included nutty black pudding and calorie-packed Irish soda bread, more than 1,100 soldiers from the New York National Guard's Fighting 69th kicked off Manhattan's annual St. Patrick's Day Parade Tuesday morning along Fifth Avenue.

With its largest parade contingent ever, the Fighting 69th was led by Ranger Seth Morgulas, 38, of Manhattan,...

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