Holidays NewsNews on Holidays continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.New Year gun killers set to appeal- June 19, 2008 Two of the four men found guilty of murdering two teenage girls outside a New Year party plan to appeal against their convictions.http://www.topix.net/holidays/2008/06/new-year-gun-killers-set-to-appeal?fromrss=1 Residents Want Dandelion-Free Lawns- June 19, 2008 Residents of a former military base in suburban Chicago are criticizing a government agency over its failure to rid their lawns of dandelions.http://www.topix.net/holidays/2008/06/residents-want-dandelion-free-lawns?fromrss=1 Kathleen Parker: We need involved dads -- but moms don't get a pass- June 19, 2008 Barack Obama's recent call for responsible fatherhood is welcome, overdue - and misleadingly incomplete.http://www.topix.net/holidays/2008/06/kathleen-parker-we-need-involved-dads-but-moms-dont-... Head of N.Y. Power Authority resigns- June 19, 2008 ALBANY - Roger Kelley is resigning as the president and chief executive officer of the New York Power Authority, effective Aug.http://www.topix.net/holidays/2008/06/head-of-n-y-power-authority-resigns?fromrss=1 Burning the chance to educate students about the First Amendment- June 18, 2008 Just in time for Flag Day, a California public school principal appears to have managed, in one swoop and in the name of respecting the Stars and Stripes, to show a lack of respect for the First Amendment's ...http://www.topix.net/holidays/2008/06/burning-the-chance-to-educate-students-about-the-fir... Dozier hopes book will help others returning from Iraq- June 18, 2008 When Kimberly Dozier accepts a Peabody Award Monday for her 'CBS News Sunday Morning' story about two female veterans who lost limbs in Iraq, it will be a big step in her transition from blown-up journalist to journalist.Even sweeter, from Dozier's perspective, is that the award has nothing to do with May 29, 2006, when a Baghdad car bomb seriously injured her and killed two CBS News colleagues and a U.S. Army captain out on a Memorial Day weekend story about the Iraq War.Dozier has made the...http://www.topix.net/holidays/2008/06/dozier-hopes-book-will-help-others-returning-from-ir... Born too soon: Can tiny fighters make it home- June 18, 2008 Seventeen weeks premature, our twin sons were so small, so fragile. And already they'd been through so much.Josh had had heart surgery, Jake a life-threatening bowel operation _ and that was just in their first week. They'd received blood transfusions, endured endless medical exams and procedures.Both still had ventilation tubes down their throats, feeding tubes in their noses, IVs in their heads or arms and all sorts of monitors wired to their chests and feet.Still, they'd cleared many hurdles.http://www.topix.net/holidays/2008/06/born-too-soon-can-tiny-fighters-make-it-home?fromrss... Ron Wilson: Join others to fly 'Our Flag' proudly- June 18, 2008 While growing up in Noblesville, my grandfather and all my uncles were World War I veterans, and my cousins were either WWII or Korean War veterans.http://www.topix.net/holidays/2008/06/ron-wilson-join-others-to-fly-our-flag-proudly?fromr... Happy Father's Day- June 18, 2008 Today is Father's Day - a day set aside to honor and remember the one who has provided for your basic needs, given encouragement when you were down and cheered you on when playing sports or in the theater or ...http://www.topix.net/holidays/2008/06/happy-fathers-day?fromrss=1 12.JUN.08 FSA County Committee nominations start June 15- June 13, 2008 Tony Potter, County Executive Director for USDA's Farm Service Agency in Arco, ID today announced farmer and rancher nominations begin June 15 for local Farm Agency county committees.http://www.topix.net/holidays/2008/06/12-jun-08-fsa-county-committee-nominations-start-jun... |