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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Father's Day

Father's Day stories: 7 news summaries
ANALYSIS

 We Love Dad, Too; We Just 
 Don't Spend as Much 

But that doesn't mean we don't love him as much

Jun 21, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s a good thing that it’s the thought that counts, because research shows that while moms are lavished with gifts on Mother’s Day, fathers, by comparison, tend to be short-changed on Father’s Day, the Washington Post says. Americans spend about $130 on their moms, $90.89... More »

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children • mothers • Greeting cards • Father's Day • fathers

 Obama: Absent Dad 
 Taught Me Value 
 of Fatherhood 

President's Father's Day essay urges father to 'step up' and take responsibility

Jun 19, 09 6:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama came to realize the value of fatherhood through its absence in his own life as a boy, he writes in an essay published in Parade for Father's Day. "The hole a man leaves when he abandons his responsibility to his children is one that no government can... More »

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Barack Obama • fatherhood • Father's Day • Malia Obama • Sasha Obama • Barack Obama Sr. • President Obama

(Newser) - Hallmark has developed a line of four greeting cards themed for same-sex marriages, civil unions, and commitment ceremonies. The designs, in stores this summer, include two overlapping tuxedos, a cascade of rainbow-hued hearts, and a message, "Two hearts. One promise," reports Gaywire.com. "It's our goal to... More »

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gay marriage • civil union • Hallmark • Father's Day • greetings cards

Opinion

 In Tiger's Pain,
 a More
 Human
 Face 

Woods' limp, and the mere admission that he can, draws golfer closer to our hearts

Jun 16, 08 12:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tiger Woods' putt to force today's US Open playoff was epic, surely, but his 18th-hole heroics weren’t the amazing part about yesterday's performance, Thomas Boswell writes in the Washington Post. Where Jack Nicklaus once transformed before our eyes, Woods is limping, grimacing, and grinding his way into a... More »

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golf • Tiger Woods • US Open • Father's Day • US Open Golf

opinion

 A Call for Dads to Step Up  

Fatherless upbringing can help doom kids

Jun 14, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Father’s Day approaches, it’s important to recognize that alarming numbers of America’s youth don’t know their fathers, leaving them feeling like “throwaway people,” writes Juan Williams in the Wall Street Journal. The lack of a dad “to push them, discipline them,”... More »

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parenting • child care • family • father • single parenting • Father's Day

 Hollywood's 
 Ickiest Dads 

Fathers who get a little too close to their offspring

Jun 14, 08 8:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Father's Day is a time to thank Dad for all he's done—but what if all Dad's done is creep out the general public? Radar lists celebrity fathers who take paternal love to barely legal levels.
  1. Joe Simpson: Father to songbirds Jessica and Ashlee, Simpson famously said of his
... More »

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Larry Birkhead • list • Hulk Hogan • Miley Cyrus • Billy Ray Cyrus • Jessica Simpson • Ashlee Simpson • Father's Day

Skip the Ties and Tools:
Dads Want Gadgets

High-tech is the way to make dad feel like a million on his special day

Jun 14, 08 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lose the power tools and the landscaping implements this Father's Day, ABC News suggests. The kind of cutting edge Dad really wants can't be found at the hardware store. Among them:
  • For dads who want media at their fingertips, the enV2 by LG hosts music and video via V
... More »

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Netflix • father • Vudu • consumer electronics • LG Electronics • gadget • Father's Day

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