Hello, everybody. As I said on my Twitter preview, there are two major stories I'm following on this St. Patrick's Day: Natasha Richardson clinging to life and Lance Mackey clinging to his Iditarod lead as he's still miles away from Nome.

First, Richardson. The Tony-winning actress, daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and wife of actor Liam Neeson is in a New York hospital after suffering from a near-fatal skiing accident in Canada. She was first treated at a Montreal area hospital on Monday before being transferred to New York. There have been conflicting reports about Richardson's condition, from "brain dead" to "critical condition", but the latter appears to be the latest for now.

A couple weeks ago, it was the Rocky Mountain News; now, another paper has bit the dust: The "Seattle Post-Intelligencer" printed its final ever edition today after 145 years and will continue only online. That leaves the "Seattle Times" as the only major paper in Seattle and based on its circulation (not to mention also being at Alaskan libraries), it ain't going anywhere anytime soon.

Finally, the Iditarod as Lance Mackey's final push to Nome continues. He checked into White Mountain earlier tonight at 6:05 Alaska Time and it appears that the big finish will be between 10:00 am-3:00 pm tomorrow (that's 2:00 pm-7:00 pm Eastern Time, 11:00 am-4:00 pm Pacific).

Because I work around that time frame, I won't be able to watch the live finish online, but I will try to have a Twitter update moments after; if not, the full details here tomorrow. So long and stay strong.