Just like that, as quickly as badges for the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International went on sale Saturday morning, they sold out, event organizers confirmed.

According to David Glanzer, director of marketing and public relations for Comic-Con, this summer’s comic book and pop culture event is now completely sold out. As in previous years, Glanzer said organizers put a cap at 130,000 attendees -- which includes fans, vendors, volunteers and organizers.

Glanzer said he wasn’t sure how many of those badges actually sold Saturday morning, as organizers don’t tally that number separately from the overall number of badges sold or issued throughout the distribution process.

He did, however, say that all available badges sold out within an hour-and-a-half Saturday morning. General admission badge sales officially began at 9 a.m. By 10:30 a.m., every ticket to the event had vanished.

For Saturday’s badge sale, customers were encouraged to log onto the Comic-Con website by 7 a.m.

In order to participate in the sale, prospective attended needed to have already obtained a unique Member ID from Comic-Con. Those eligible to partake in Saturday’s sale received an email notice ahead of time with instructions.

Now, as experienced Comic-Con fans know, the event is notoriously known to sell out quickly each year.

Still, that didn’t keep Comic-Con hopefuls who couldn’t snag a ticket this time from feeling the disappointment.

Many took to Twitter to express their frustrations.     

I have been wanting to go to #ComicCon for years. Last year was the best time to go but it was a war to get any tickets. Someday....

— Jennifer (@kojaky) March 15, 2014

Damn man I can't wait for comic con to not be trendy again so the tickets won't sell out so quick.

— Eddard (@SameOLEddie) March 15, 2014

Sure--you can be shown where to KNOCK on the ComicCon reg door--doesn't mean they answer#ComicContickets

— J Z (@JayGurl73) March 15, 2014

Three hours in an online waiting room for San Diego Comic-Con tickets and got nothing... Maybe next year?

— Briana Hampton (@hamptonbriana17) March 15, 2014

Some of the lucky fans who were able to snatch a badge also went on Twitter to celebrate.

GOING TO COMIC CON THIS YEAR OMG

— ☠ whitley ☠ (@KVTLVDY) March 15, 2014

So far so good today, managed to snag Comic-Con tickets for 2 days.

— BadServo (@BadServo) March 15, 2014

After three years of trying to get tickets, I'm finally going to @Comic_Con this yearrrr

— (@bieberhermosa) March 15, 2014

In the past, the Comic-Con ticket sales website has experienced glitches and hiccups, including in November 2010 when fans trying to purchase tickets to the 2011 convention were met with frustrating error messages as the website crashed during the high-traffic frenzy for badges.

In 2013, more than 130,000 people managed to snag badges and attend San Diego Comic-Con. Last year’s event offered more than 600 hours of programming spanning 460,000-square-feet of exhibit hall space at the San Diego Convention Center.

By the way, this year’s Comic-Con kicks off on Jul. 24. Badge prices for adults ranged from $30 to $45 per day, depending on the day. On Thursday (Jul. 24), Friday (Jul. 25) and Saturday (Jul. 26), for example, the cost of a one-day badge was $45.

Comic-Con was born in 1970 in the basement of the U.S. Grant Hotel in the heart of San Diego. Over the decades, the “little event that could” has grown into a behemoth, taking over the Convention Center, neighboring hotels and downtown San Diego for a long summer weekend every year.

Comic-Con’s fervent fans typically attend the convention in elaborate costumes, transforming the city into a metropolis straight out of the pages of fantasy and science fiction. The event has also become famous for celebrity sightings.

A San Diego-based domestic violence organization has found support and solidarity in survivors – and in the ink on their bodies.

Break the Silence Against Domestic Violence (BTS) aims to provide programs and services for victims and survivors of domestic violence.

In a growing campaign dubbed “SurvivorINK BTS,” founder Kristen Paruginog says survivors across the country have been getting tattoos with the letters “BTS” as a symbol of their strength.

Across the country, tattoo artists have been busy with the campaign. In San Diego, Paruginog says a local tattoo artist, Tattoos by Ceez, has been participating in the campaign. As a contractor for various shops, Paruginog says the artist inks the “Forever BTS” tattoo on residents across the county.

As part of the campaign, the organization is asking tattoo artists around the world to tattoo the infinity symbol with the letters “BTS” on participating supporters and donate the proceeds from the ink work back to the organization. The group is asking tattoo artists to charge a minimum of $30 for the ink.

The proceeds will be used to continue to fund the organization’s mission to inspire survivors or domestic violence, child abuse and sexual assault by breaking the silence and empowering those individuals to embark on new beginnings for a healthy, self-sufficient life.

According to BTS, the tattoo campaign will last as long as it takes to make a difference. There is no time limit.

Over the past few months, the organization has received photos of “Forever BTS” tattoos from around the U.S., each with its own personal story.

For instance, a survivor from Massachusetts said she got the symbol on her right wrist because “it’s a well-seen spot to bring up awareness and you have to raise your right hand to be sworn in to testify in court, which I’ll be doing.”

Another domestic violence survivor from California said she got the ink to remind her of the best decision she ever made.

“This may be the smallest tattoo I have, but it has the most meaning. ‘Break the Silence’ are the three most powerful words. ‘Break the Silence’ not only helped me get my life back, but saved not just my own life but my daughter’s life! I wear my tattoo very proudly because I am a survivor.”

BTS has created a running photo album on its Facebook page of “Forever BTS” tattoos from around the country, meant to inspire more unity and strengthen the bond among survivors of domestic violence.

To learn more about BTS, including how to volunteer with the organization, visit this website.
 

U.S. Navy officials have found a modern way to promote responsible drinking among sailors. It’s simple: there’s an app for that.

As part of the Navy’s “Keep What You’ve Earned” campaign, which seeks to encourage safe drinking and smart decisions among sailors by celebrating the achievements in their Navy careers, officials are touting a new mobile app dubbed “Pier Pressure.”

The app – launched earlier this month by the Navy Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention office and available for download on the iTunes app store and Google Play – reminds sailors to think twice before drinking irresponsibly or driving under the influence.

Using the app, sailors can check their blood-alcohol level with a built-in BAC calculator or search for a safe, sober ride home using a local taxi search tool.

• READ: Sailor with Claims to Famous Photo Dies

The app also includes different work-and-play scenario games that could have different outcomes depending on the decision made by a sailor. The point of the game is to advance one’s career, but players must make the right choices in order to succeed. The game can be played to determine how a night of drinking could impact work life and possibly get a sailor demoted in rank.

"In the game, the choices you make at the bar affect your skill level at work the next day, which in turn affects your player's evaluation reports," said Mike Aukerman, Alcohol Program Manager at NADAP, in a media release. "Just like in real life, smart drinking choices help advance your career, while poor choices can get you separated from the Navy – aka game over."

In order to develop the app to be user-friendly, entertaining and truly useful for sailors, the Navy tested the mobile app using feedback from more than 110 sailors.

"During the development of the Keep What You've Earned Campaign, we heard from young, enlisted Sailors that the best way to reach them was through their mobile phones," said Dorice Favorite, Director of NADAP, in a press release. "Pier Pressure will help Sailors understand how responsible drinking can keep their careers on track, and alternatively, how abusing alcohol can lead to serious consequences."

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NBC 7 San Diego spoke with one sailor, Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlos Oliva, who said he downloaded the app and thinks he will use it.

“I could see myself using the BAC calculator, which will help me determine how many drinks I could drink depending on the amount of hours out during St. Patrick’s Day,” said Oliva.

U.S. Navy Master Chief Petty Officer Mike Stevens told NBC 7 that the app, as well as the “Keep What You’ve Earned” campaign, is meant to remind sailors of the consequences of making foolish mistakes.

“We’ve seen too many sailors that have worked so hard to put their families and themselves in a position of success and the ability to serve our nation at the highest level. Then, they’ll go out and make a bad choice or choices and, essentially, within the blink of an eye, everything that they’ve worked so hard for and all that the Navy has invested in them is lost,” said Stevens.

To learn more about the ongoing campaign, which also promotes alternatives to drinking for sailors, visit this website.

 San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies will become the first law enforcement agency in California to carry a life-saving medication as they respond to 911 calls.

Narcan, also known as naloxone, is designed to prevent a drug overdose, and since more than 300 San Diegans are expected to die from heroin or prescription opiate overdoses this year, the sheriff’s department is at the forefront of a national effort to reduce those deaths.

Earlier this week, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced he wants all first responders – including law enforcement – to carry Narcan, something paramedics have used for years.

A number of East Coast police departments have implemented the use of Narcan, but the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department will be the biggest agency in the nation to approve the drug.

UC San Diego researcher Peter Davidson explained Narcan comes in a small kit with an applicator to create a nasal spray.

A squirt in each nostril, like a flu vaccine, puts the medication in the bloodstream. It quickly interrupts the opiate response, which restores the addict’s ability to breath and increases the heart rate.

“The deaths were rising, and it was really at epidemic levels,” said Sheriff’s Capt. James Bovet when asked about overdoses.

He said Davidson helped persuade his department to consider having all deputies carry a Narcan bag while on patrol.

The department will test the product as early as this summer in the Santee, Lakeside and rural El Cajon areas, where emergency response times can be longer.

In those places, deputies often arrive at emergencies before paramedics.

“If sheriff’s deputies get there a few minutes -- even a few seconds – before and can administer a life-saving dose of Narcan, why wouldn’t we be a part of that?” said Bovet.

Gretchen Burns Bergman, a drug reform advocate, has two sons who have struggled with drug addiction.

She has heard people write off drug addicts and say, "They chose that. Let them die."

But she believes every life is worth saving, even if a person chose to do the drugs in the first place.

“Absolutely. Nobody in our society is expendable. We shouldn’t have become a throw-away society,” said Bergman.

Bovet agrees. He became interested in Narcan in 2010, when seven San Diego teens died of opiate overdoses.

No deputy wants to see anyone die – for any reason – Bovet said.

“With Narcan, they’ll be able to administer a dose very easily, very quickly, when the symptomology is right, and perhaps save a life right away,” said Bovet.

Loved ones gathered Saturday to say their final goodbyes to Treon Johnson.

The 27-year-old died earlier this month after he was Tasered.

Police said they responded to a 911 emergency disturbance call in the area of East 7th Avenue and 24th Street and found Johnson was beating two dogs. Johnson resisted arrest and was shot with a Taser, police said.

Yet, family members said they are still struggling to understand the loss.

"Were looking for a little understanding," said Johnson's brother, Donald Harris.

Police said they had to subject to using physical force -- a Taser and pepper spray -- after the 27-year-old responded with violence. The dogs' owner told police he saw Johnson jump into his backyard and start beating a dog with a metal pipe. But Harris said that wasn't the case.

"My brother was getting off work," Harris said. "He went to go urinate and a dog bit him on the leg. He ended up in a tree, throwing mangoes at the dog."

Johnson allegedly tried to run from police after the incident. Investigators said his health declined after he was shot with the Taser. Three hospital transfers later, he was gone.

"Tree," as Johnson was known to his friends, was one of three men featured in "Dawg Fight," a documentary film directed by Billy Corben about hand-to-hand combat and backyard brawls in West Perrine. "Dada 5000," one of the fighters featured in the film, said Johnson was full of promise.

"He was a photographer, an inspired entertainer, a fighter and a friend," the fighter said.

According to medical records obtained by NBC 6, Johnson had a healthy history. The medical report also shows that he had marijuana in his system and he collapsed prior to the arrest.

Meanwhile, his friends are asking for the use of Tasers to be curbed.

"The laws definitely need to be changed on the enforcement of Tasers. To me it's just as deadly as a gun," friend Chanel Simone said.

Be careful when you Google yourself, Bay Area authorities are warning.

In the case of Christopher Viatafa, who Googled himself and found his photo on Northern California’s Most Wanted website, he turned himself in to police.

Viatafa – who has a pretty unique last name – was wanted by the San Leandro Police Department for his involvement in a shooting.

On August 8, 2013, Vaitafa attended a private party at the San Leandro Senior Center located at 13909 East 14th Street. Police said he started arguing with some people at the party, pulled out a semi-automatic handgun and fired a few rounds into the ground.

Vaitafa was forced out of the area and he proceeded to fire several more rounds, police said.

Investigators were looking for Viatafa for discharging a firearm toward an inhabited dwelling.

According to the San Leandro Police Department detective that interviewed Viatafa, Viatafa turned himself in after seeing his photo on the “Most Wanted” site, which is managed by the Northern California Intelligence Center.

On Friday, Viatafa was listed as a “captured fugitive” on the “Most Wanted” website.

An Encinitas gas station employee arrived to work Sunday morning to find the front door smashed in and the ATM gone, according to sheriff’s officials.

The theft was reported at 6:15 a.m. at the Chevron station at 350 Encinitas Blvd.

Investigators say the burglars cut the power to the building outside and got in by breaking the front glass door.

The ATM was not bolted down, so they were able to carry it away.

This successful theft was just a few hours after an unsuccessful one down the street.

At 3:30 a.m. Sunday, sheriff’s deputies were called to the Walgreens at 1320 Encinitas Blvd. for an attempted ATM robbery.

They said the store’s front glass door was smashed in, just like the gas station’s, but the would-be thieves could not take the ATM.

Deputies said the crimes were most likely committed by the same suspects.

According to Sheriff's Lt. Dave Schaller, these sort of crimes happen more often than you'd think. 

"Particularly in businesses where they have the smaller ATM machines. Very oftentimes, busiensses don't bolt them to the ground," said Schaller. "They're very small and very easy to manipulate." 

In many cases, Schaller said thieves will break the front doors, tie a rope the ATM and use a vehicle to pull it out. It may only take a couple of minutes.

Editor's Note: A live stream was available of the scene but NBC Chicago took down the stream for concern of unwanted footage being seen.

A police chase on Chicago's Lake Shore Drive ended with a crash on the Near North Side, where police reported an "active barricade situation" that lasted for more than eight hours, officials said.

According to unconfirmed reports and scanner information, the suspect was taken into custody just before 9:45 p.m. Sunday, but Chicago police could not confirm details.

An ambulance was seen leaving the scene and police were putting red tape around the crash site late Sunday.

Harvey Police Department spokeswoman Sandra Alvarado said the suspect in the vehicle that was being pursued is wanted in connection to a murder in Hampton, Ga. and the chase was the result of an investigation involving Harvey police and police in Georgia.

Alvarado said Harvey Police were contacted by the Criminal Investigations Division of the Henry County Police Department in McDonough, Ga. requesting assistance in locating a homicide suspect. They provided Harvey police with a vehicle description and registration, GPS location and arrest warrant information.

The suspect is a male black subject wanted in connection with a homicide that occurred in Hampton this month.

Alvarado said Illinois State Police, Cook County Sheriffs and the Chicago Police Department were involved in the chase, which began just after noon Sunday and ended on Lake Shore Drive at Fullerton, where the scene is ongoing.

Scanner information indicated that shots were fired after the vehicle was stopped near Fullerton Parkway in Chicago, but that has not been confirmed. Witnesses reported hearing up to three or four shots following the crash.

The suspect's sister was at the scene and told NBC Chicago's Regina Waldroup that she was told her brother was asking for her. She said the family learned yesterday that he was wanted for murder.

"We just found out about that yesterday, we had no idea about that so police are working with us," said Lastella Felton. 

Her brother is believed to be in the car alone, but police could not confirm that information.

Lastella Felton was escorted by police at the scene, but said she could not get close enough to her brother.

She said her brother has a history of violence and called him "a bad seed. But she noted the incident "could have been resolved many, many hours ago."

Chicago Police News Affairs confirmed the situation was an "active barricade," but could not offer any details.

A witness near the scene said a black car had crashed and was surrounded by dozens of police cars.

"A black car was crumpled up on top of a ridge and there were maybe 20 cop cars surrounding it," said Ronald Rubino.

Rubino, who was driving southbound on Lake Shore Drive, said ambulances and more squad cars were on their way to the scene.

Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Janel Sedevic said northbound traffic was being diverted at North Avenue and southbound traffic at Belmont.

The incident snarled traffic on Lake Shore Drive and throughout the North Side.

Check back for details on this developing story.

People in San Diego's East County were shaken up -- literally -- by an earthquake Sunday afternoon. 

The 3.5 magnitude quake started at 2:55 p.m. about 17 miles east-northeast of Pine Valley, according to the United States Geological Survey website. 

The shallow temblor had a depth of about one mile. 

On Facebook, one Spring Valley viewer shared that some items fell off a shelf, but she did not feel it herself. 

The surprises start at the top of the NCAA tournament bracket: Virginia is a No. 1 seed.

Oh, some things went to form. Florida earned the top overall seed as expected and will be joined on the '1' line by Wichita State and Arizona. But there were head-scratchers nearly everywhere else.

Last year's national champion, Louisville, was seeded fourth in the Midwest despite playing well enough to be considered a No. 1 by many. And speaking of the Midwest — Wichita State and Michigan are there as well, making it three of last year's Final Four participants all vying for one spot this year.

SMU, the team led on a renaissance by coaching lifer Larry Brown — nowhere to be found. And Michigan State, the team that geared things up in time to win the Big Ten tournament, is only a No. 4 seed.

The tournament begins Tuesday with a pair of First Four games, and things get going in earnest Thursday when 32 of the 64 teams in the main draw take to the floor. The Final Four is set for April 5 and 7 in Arlington, Texas.

In the end, the individual matchups mean much more than the numbers by a team's name. Still, some of the numbers the selection committee came up with this year were a bit puzzling — yet another reason Warren Buffett felt perfectly comfortable fronting the insurance money to pay a $1 billion prize to anyone who can fill out a perfect bracket.

Wake Forest athletic director Ron Wellman, the chairman of the selection committee, said Virginia's twin ACC championships — regular season and tournament — made the Cavaliers (28-6) the choice for a 1 seed over Michigan and Villanova, despite an RPI rating of 11.

"Virginia's total resume was very impressive," Wellman said. "They continued to impress us throughout the year."

The last four bubble teams were 12th-seeded North Carolina State and Xavier, who play Tuesday, and 11th-seeded Iowa and Tennessee, who play Wednesday.

Sitting out was SMU — a team almost all the experts had securely in the bracket, but not the folks in the conference room, who couldn't overcome the Mustangs' strength of schedule: 129.

"When I saw Louisville (was a 4 seed), I kind of figured that they didn't have a lot of respect for our conference," Brown said. "But we only can blame ourselves, that's the way I look at it."

Led by Rick Pitino's Cardinals, the new American Athletic Conference placed four teams in the tournament.

And while the committee didn't show much love for the AAC, it did dole out plenty of at-large spots to the big conferences, while only seven spots went to the mid-majors after they took 11 in each of the last two seasons.

In the South, Kansas got lots of talk about a possible 1 seed, but ended up a 2 in part because of those nine losses. The Jayhawks have to get through the first weekend without lottery-pick center Joel Embiid, out with a back injury, but could face a third-round game against New Mexico. The Mountain West Conference tournament champions got a surprisingly low 7 seed.

"There's more good teams and less great teams," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "The difference between a 2 seed and a 7 or 8 seed is as narrow as it's ever been."

In the West, Arizona's second game could come against eighth-seeded Gonzaga, which lost its second game as a No. 1 seed last year, or No. 9 Oklahoma State, which has one of the nation's best players in Marcus Smart. The nation's top scorer, Doug McDermott (26.9 points per game), is on the other side of that bracket with No. 3 Creighton.

On Virginia's side of the East bracket are two teams nobody wants to play come tournament time — No. 4 Michigan State and Harvard. Yes, No. 12 Harvard, which shook things up last season by knocking out New Mexico for its first tournament win in 102 years of basketball.

Rescuers were sent out to Sunset Cliffs Sunday afternoon after a car toppled over a cliff onto the beach below.

San Diego lifeguards said the car went over the end of Orchard Ave. at 3:30 p.m.

Crews had to use the jaws of life to cut the roof off the car and peel back the dashboard to reach the driver.

Heavy traffic and spectators forced rescuers to call in a helicopter to help get the person out.

The 28-year-old victim was airlifted to the UCSD Medical Center.

Witnesses told police the car came barreling down Cable Street at around 80 miles per hour, wiping out barricades and stop signs. 

Police say the wreck may not have been an accident, but a possible suicide attempt. 

A motorcyclist was killed after falling 100 feet down a canyon Sunday afternoon in Alpine, according to Cal Fire.

The deadly accident happened around 2:30 p.m. on Japatul Spur at Old Japatul Road.

According to Cal Fire, the motorcycle went down a canyon known as Horse Beef Canyon.

There is no word yet on the victim’s identity or what caused that person to drive off the road. The California Highway Patrol is investigating.

Check back for updates.
 

A helicopter rescue, boat fire response and a rescue pier jump? All in a day’s demonstration for San Diego lifeguards.

On Sunday, the professionals showed lifeguard candidates what they may face if they decide to become a full-fledged member of the team.

The simulated rescues were part of the 49th Regional Lifeguard Academy-Rescue Demonstration Sunday afternoon in Ocean Beach.

First, things kicked off with a rescuer jumping from a San Diego Fire-Rescue helicopter to access a “victim” in the water.

Next, lifeguards had to use a boat to save a victim.

Officials practiced a fire boat response, showing what would happen if rescuers had to save people from a vessel in distress.

And to top things off, the lifeguard recruits took a dive off the Ocean Beach Pier. No, it wasn’t just for fun. The recruits may face a time when a pier may be the fastest way to reach a distressed swimmer.

The demonstrations were organized by the Miramar College San Diego Regional Lifeguard Academy.

Through that program, students can get college credit along with training to become an entry-level bay and ocean lifeguard.

The academy said many lifeguard agencies hire from the pool of people who graduate from the courses.

This upcoming summer, the academy expects San Diego County agencies to hire more than 100 lifeguards.

Former NFL player John Moffitt was arrested in Chicago Sunday after he allegedly punched another man at a nightclub.

Moffitt, 27, who left the NFL in November after he was traded to the Denver Broncos last summer, was at The Underground nightclub in the 0-100 block of West Illinois Street early Sunday when he was arrested and charged with a misdemeanor in the battery of a 40-year-old man.

After his arrest, police said Moffitt was found to be in possession of narcotics and was charged with a misdemeanor count of possession of cannabis and felony possession of a controlled substance and possession of between 15 and 100 grams of ecstasy.

Moffitt, of the 2100 block of Lake Washington Boulevard in Renton, Wash., was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in 2011 and played offensive line for two years before he was traded to the Broncos last summer, according to NFL.com.

He retired from the Broncos in November, just months before the Broncos lost to the Seahawks in the Super Bowl XLVIII in February.

The makers of Guinness, the popular Irish beer, announced Sunday that they have withdrawn sponsorship of New York's St. Patrick's Day Parade, citing the event's "policy of exclusion."

The parade has increasingly come under fire from the gay and lesbian community for not allowing members of the LGBT community to identify as gay, though they are allowed to march.

"We were hopeful that the policy of exclusion would be reversed for this year’s parade," the company said in a statement. "As this has not come to pass, Guinness has withdrawn its participation."

Guinness' move to withdraw sponsorship followed an earlier announcement Sunday that Greenwich Village's Stonewall Inn had intended to stop stocking the beer because of its support for the parade.

GLAAD, the LGBT advocacy organization, applauded Guinness' decision.

"Today, Guinness sent a strong message to its customers and employees: discrimination should never be celebrated," said GLAAD CEO & President Sarah Kate Ellis in a statement.

Mayor Bill de Blasio is boycotting the parade because of its policies.

A Barona Tribal security vehicle was involved in a fatal crash on a major Ramona road Saturday evening.

The San Diego County Medical Examiner has identified the victim as 53-year-old Graciela Bustos of Ramona.

The accident happened at 6:39 p.m. in the 15000 block of Wildcat Canyon Road. 

CHP Sgt. Jim McNamara said it appears the driver in the security SUV crossed over the double yellow lines, slamming head-on into an oncoming car.

Bustos, the passenger in that car, suffered major injuries, and the drivers of both drivers suffered moderate injuries.

All three were taken to Sharp Memorial Hospital, where Bustos later died.

CHP officers closed Wildcat Canyon Road between Founders Way and San Vicente Road for hours and issued a Sig Alert in the area.  

Alcohol is not considered a factor in this crash, according to McNamara. 

Chicago’s St. Patrick’s Day weekend started off with the annual dyeing of the Chicago River.

The Saturday morning event, along with the afternoon St. Patrick’s Day Parade, drew hundreds of thousands of spectators as the city kicked off a series of holiday festivities.

One celebrator made an incredible time-lapse video showing the river’s transformation.

Peter Tsai posted the 30-second video on YouTube, titled “Greening of the River 2014,” which shows the dyeing from start to finish.

• WATCH: How Chicago's River Gets Dyed Green
• Chicago Celebrates St. Patrick's Day

The river dyeing tradition is in its 52nd year and going strong. It is said that the green water connects Chicago to Ireland, as the green water flows into the Illinois River, the Mississippi River, the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Ocean all the way into the Irish Sea.

A man is dead after he and his girlfriend were shot by her ex-boyfriend Sunday morning, according to sheriff’s officials. 

Around 6:20 a.m., Abel Martinez, 50, brought at a gun to a guest house in the 1500 block of Willson Road in the Dehesa Valley near Alpine, said San Diego County Sheriff’s Lt. Glen Giannantonio.

Somehow, Martinez broke in to confront his ex-girlfriend Leila Farmer, 39, and her current boyfriend, Eufracio Alberto Enriquez, 35.

Martinez and Farmer had broken up several months ago, but officials could not comment on what this confrontation was about.

Giannantonio said Martinez fired two shots at the couple, striking Farmer in the arm and Enriquez somewhere on his body.

Martinez then fled.

Farmer called 911 to report the shooting while family members tried to resuscitate Enriquez. However, he died at the home.

Emergency crews took Farmer to the hospital, and deputies started a search for Martinez.

But before they found him, Martinez turned himself just after 10 a.m. in at the Alpine sheriff’s substation without incident, officials said.

He now faces murder and attempted murder charges.

Giannantonio said between Farmer and Martinez, there is no record of restraining orders or other domestic violence incidents at that address.

Griping has been a part of the NCAA tournament selection process pretty much since its inception. Didn't matter if it was eight teams or the current field of 68, there have always been teams that felt slighted and left out after being left off the bracket.

This season was no exception.

When the NCAA's selection committee unveiled the teams for this year's tournament on Sunday, there were collective groans across the country from teams and their fans that didn't get a golden ticket.

Here's a few:

SMU: The Mustangs might have the best argument among the snubbed. They had a resurgence under 73-year-old Larry Brown in his return to college coaching, going 23-9 overall and 12-6 in the American Athletic Conference. On their resume are two wins over Connecticut, and splits with Memphis and Cincinnati, both NCAA tournament teams. The problem was SMU's schedule. The Mustangs had a soft non-conference schedule and their overall strength of schedule was 129th — 38 higher than the worst team that made the field.

CALIFORNIA: The Bears got the Pac-12 season off to a great start, winning their first five games. A collapse at the end of the season cost them a spot in the dance. Cal lost nine of its last 14 games and went 3-7 to close out the home schedule. The Bears (19-13) have wins over Arizona, Stanford, Oregon and Colorado on their resume, but also lost to last-place USC and UC Santa Barbara. Cal could have gotten a big boost by making some noise in the Pac-12 tournament, but got bounced by fellow bubble team Colorado in the quarterfinals.

FLORIDA STATE: The Seminoles gave their bubble chances a boost with a last-second win over Maryland in the second round of the ACC tournament. It apparently popped with a loss to Virginia in the quarterfinals. Florida State finished the season 19-13 overall and went 9-9 in the ACC, but it wasn't good enough for the selection committee. The Seminoles missed a huge opportunity by losing to stumbling Syracuse at home to end the regular season and have a loss to Miami on their resume with no jump-out-at-you wins to boost their rating.

WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY: NCAA selection committee chair Ron Wellman called the decision to leave Wisconsin-Green Bay out of the bracket a very difficult one. That's not going to make the Phoenix feel any better after winning the Horizon League title and failing to get a bid. Wisconsin-Green Bay finished the season 24-6, but a loss to fifth-seeded Milwaukee in the conference tournament title game apparently killed its chances. Phoenix coach Brian Wardle hoped the selection committee would consider the impact injuries to Keifer Sykes and Alec Brown had in the loss to Milwaukee, but it did no good.

ARKANSAS: Two image-busting losses killed the Razorbacks. Still on the bubble, Arkansas closed out the regular season with a 25-point loss to Alabama and opened the SEC tournament by bowing out to South Carolina. That offset all the good the Razorbacks did in the weeks before, when they won six straight. Arkansas was hoping it first postseason appearance since 2008 would be in the NCAA tournament, but now it's headed to the NIT to face Indiana State.

GEORGETOWN: The Hoyas entered the Big East tournament on the bubble. They were blown off it with an opening loss to DePaul, a last-place team that hadn't beaten Georgetown since 1994. Georgetown had some good wins on its we-should-go docket, including Michigan State and Kansas State. On the other side, there was a loss to Northeastern in Puerto Rico and a 22-point loss to St. John's, a team the Hoyas beat by 17 earlier in the season. Georgetown also killed itself on the eye test, losing five of its final seven games.

Police have charged a commercial bus driver with reckless driving after his bus overturned on Interstate 95, injuring four passengers.

According to Virginia State Police, Qilong Xiao, 50, of Flushing N.Y., was "going too fast" for the weather conditions when the bus went off the left side of the road and overturned onto its side on I-95 South near exit 136 just after 4 a.m. Police say 58 people were on the bus when it crashed.

The 2005 Van Hoos bus is registered to Princess Tours.

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The four injured passengers suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries. All passengers were transported to area hospitals by county schools buses.

Police say the bus was heading from New York to Doraville, Ga. Authorities are having a hard time with the investigation because there is a language barrier between them and the passengers.

Xiao is being held at the Rappahannock Regional Jail on a $5,000 bond.

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Snow quickly accumulated overnight, leaving roads treacherous for many drivers. Between three to six inches of snow fell overnight throughout the Washington, D.C. metro area. The snow tapered off around 8 a.m. Monday.

Storm Team4 meteorologist Tom Kierien says lingering flurries in the afternoon will bring an additional half inch of snow to the area.

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