Father's Day
CHICAGO, IL - JUNE 17: Twenty-year-old Patrice Smith (L) hangs out on the steps of her home with 16-year-old Rashida Allen, the sister of Robert Allen, Patrice's friend and father to her 9-month-old baby June 17, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Nineteen-year-old Robert Allen was shot and killed outside the home on June 13, just days before his 20th birthday and Father's Day. Eight people were killed and at least 46 wounded by gunfire in Chicago over the Fathers Day weekend.
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I went back on Father's Day and guess who was in the room?
Well, the backstory is, for Father's Day, she had been planning this big thing for Kanye, and Kanye's obsessed with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniac from Apple. And Kim wanted to get a piece of memorabilia that they could have autographed
It was a great Father's Day gift! It was surreal. We spent four months visiting them in the hospital, but it felt like an eternity. We were worried all the time. Each day was a process. To actually have them home and to have all that stress in the past ... I can't really find words for thatMore quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Cop's widow: Wilson left family 'broken and scarred'
The widow of slain Long Island NYPD cop James Nemorin told jurors in the death penalty retrial of Ronell Wilson that her family had been "broken and scarred by the decision of one man" in testimony punctuated by sobs as prosecutors rested their case Tues Read more »
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Police search for woman in Hempstead park
Police continued searching the North Pond area of Hempstead Lake State Park Sunday for a 28-year-old homeless woman missing since Father's Day but whose disappearance was first reported by a male companion Saturday, authorities said.Catherine Brady, who Read more »
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Father, son record holes-in-one on Father's Day
(AP) -- A father-son duo from South Texas showed no handicap when they stepped up to a par-3 tee and each shot a hole-in-one on Father's Day.Lonnie Whitener, 57, told the Houston Chronicle (http://bit.ly/13VlAHF ) that his 115-yard drive using a gap wedg Read more »
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England's Rose blooms after 17-year wait for major
Ever since Greg Norman's memorable final-round implosion let Nick Faldo win the Masters in 1996, a generation of fine English talent has come up short in golf's four major championships.With his seven top-3 finishes, Lee Westwood's near misses are a thin Read more »
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Phil Mickelson: 'Heartbreak ... My best chance of all of them'
What is it they say: Something that seems too good to be true probably is? Fate and the U.S. Open would seem to buy that, and for a sixth time, so does Phil Mickelson.It seemed a perfect setup: Mickelson's 43rd birthday, a special Father's Day for a fath Read more »
Around the web
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Kim Kardashian's Wozniack meet up en route to birth
the brunette beauty met Steve and his wife Janet at a hotel to pick up a piece of Apple memorabilia to give to Kanye for Father's Day. The bizarre incident occurred as Kim and her mother Kris Jenner were driven to a hotel to swap vehicles to avoid the paparazzi 53 m ago from Celebrity Balla Read more »
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Charges: Robber leaves makings of Father's Day pie for couple he carjacked
couple’s groceries. The woman said fine, but she wanted to keep the pie crust and strawberries so she could make a pie for Father’s Day. Armstrong took all of the groceries from the back of the SUV but granted the woman’s request to leave behind the strawberries 11:09 AM from Minneapolis Star Tribune Read more »
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Daddy issues! Warlow meets his maker on 'True Blood'
was a Father's Day of sorts on "True Blood," but it sure wasn't a holiday. Instead, it was time to take a closer look at the dads of Bon Temps and all the dark drama that surrounds them. Dad? Mom? Billith? It all started when Sookie had her deadly ball-o-light 10:11 AM from MSNBC Blogs Read more »
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Top Tool Trends from 2013 Father's Day Season Released by CPO Outlets
Calif., July 15, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Following another busy Father's Day season, CPO Outlets, America's leading online tool retailer, announces the top-selling tools for Dad in 2013. CPO's Founder & CEO Rob Tolleson reports, "Every year more and more Americans 7/14/13 from PR Newswire Read more »
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Drownings at Woodward Reservoir inspire life jacket loans
sheriff's deputy Eugene Day tried to revive a 48-year-old man who had gone underwater while swimming with his family on Father's Day last year, but the man died. Less than a month later, a 15-year-old boy who was snorkeling at the lake drowned. Day performed 2:26 AM from Modesto Bee Read more »
