Rose Parade: Rose Parade to kick off with pageantry and protest

Let's get this straight: The century old Rose Parade uses gazillions of living fresh natural flowers and all natural organic green materials to decorate floats built by thousands of volunteers, many of them children, and is paid forVolunteers are putting the finishing touches on flower-festooned floats, musicians are polishing instruments and horse handlers are prepping their charges as they gear up for Monday's annual Rose Parade. But this year, hundreds of extra police officers(AP)

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